Sedimentology and climatic environment of alluvial fans in the martian Saheki crater and a comparison with terrestrial fans in the Atacama Desert

Icarus

Volumn 229, Issue , 2014, Pages 131-156

  Morgan, A M ^a   Howard, A D ^a   Hobley, D E J ^a,g   Moore, J M ^b   Dietrich, W E ^c   Williams, R M E ^d   Burr, D M ^e   Grant, J A ^f   Wilson, S A ^f   Matsubara, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars; Mars, surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889604457     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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