Deltaic deposits at Aeolis Dorsa: Sedimentary evidence for a standing body of water on the northern plains of Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1285-1302

  DiBiase, Roman A ^a   Limaye, Ajay B ^a   Scheingross, Joel S ^a   Fischer, Woodward W ^a   Lamb, Michael P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

delta; inverted topography; Mars; ocean; river

Indexed keywords

DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; HOST ROCK; MARS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLANETARY SURFACE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84882787442     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21699100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgre.20100     Document Type: Article

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