The sedimentary rock record of mars: Distribution, origins, and global stratigraphy

SEPM Special Publications

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-48

  Grotzinger, John P ^a   Milliken, Ralph E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

facies; Mars; sedimentology; stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872221745     PISSN: 1060071X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2110/pec.12.102.0001     Document Type: Article

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