Huge, CO2-charged debris-flow deposits and tectonic sagging in the northern plains of Mars

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 427-430

  Tanaka, Kenneth L ^a   Banerdt, W Bruce ^a   Kargel, Jeffrey S ^a   Hoffman, Nick ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2; Debris flows; Erosion rates; Mars; Sedimentation rates

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC DEFORMATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEBRIS; EROSION; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLAR SYSTEM; TECTONICS;

GEOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITION; EROSION; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM;

EID: 84874982050     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0427:HCCDFD>2.0.CO     Document Type: Article

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