An overfilled lacustrine system and progradational delta in Jezero crater, Mars: Implications for Noachian climate

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-45

  Schon, Samuel C ^a   Head, James W ^a   Fassett, Caleb I ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta; Lacustrine basin; Mars; Noachian; Sedimentary; Valley networks

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; EROSION; FLOW OF WATER; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DELTA; LACUSTRINE BASINS; MARS; NOACHIAN; SEDIMENTARY; VALLEY NETWORK;

LAKES;

EID: 84861339052     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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