Seasonal melting and the formation of sedimentary rocks on Mars, with predictions for the Gale Crater mound

Icarus

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 181-210

  Kite, Edwin S ^a   Halevy, Itay ^b   Kahre, Melinda A ^c   Wolff, Michael J ^d   Manga, Michael ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars; Mars, Atmosphere; Mars, Climate; Mars, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872259039     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.11.034     Document Type: Article

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