Pacing early Mars river activity: Embedded craters in the Aeolis Dorsa region imply river activity spanned ≳(1-20)Myr

Icarus

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 850-855

  Kite, Edwin S ^a   Lucas, Antoine ^a   Fassett, Caleb I ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879167312     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2013.03.029     Document Type: Article

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