Valleys, paleolakes and possible shorelines at the Libya Montes/Isidis boundary: Implications for the hydrologic evolution of Mars

Icarus

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 393-413

  Erkeling, G ^a   Reiss, D ^a   Hiesinger, H ^a   Poulet, F ^b   Carter, J ^b   Ivanov, M A ^c   Hauber, E ^d   Jaumann, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mars; Mars, Atmosphere; Mars, Climate; Mars, Surface; Mineralogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859512803     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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