Travertine and tufa from dalhousie springs (Australia)- Implications for recognizing martian springs

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 483, Issue , 2011, Pages 231-247

  Clarke, J D A ^a,b   Bourke, M C ^c,d  

^a The Mars Society Australia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; GROUNDWATER; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; TEXTURES; VOLCANOES;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GROUND TRUTH; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; MUD VOLCANOES; PALEO-HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SPRING DEPOSITS;

DEPOSITS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; OUTFLOW; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRAVERTINE; TUFA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84866606165     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.2483(15)     Document Type: Article

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