Martian fluvial conglomerates at gale crater

Science

Volumn 340, Issue 6136, 2013, Pages 1068-1072

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^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^h MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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^m MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

ABRASION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CONGLOMERATE; CRATER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MARS; MOBILIZATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; THRESHOLD; WATER FLOW;

AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CLIMATE; FLOW RATE; GRAIN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SHEAR STRESS; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84878368162     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1237317     Document Type: Article

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