The origin and timing of fluvial activity at Eberswalde crater, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 530-551

  Mangold, N ^a   Kite, E S ^b   Kleinhans, M G ^c   Newsom, H ^d   Ansan, V ^a   Hauber, E ^e   Kraal, E ^f   Quantin, C ^g   Tanaka, K ^h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Impact processes; Mars, climate; Mars, surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862678424     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.05.026     Document Type: Article

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