Recurring slope lineae in equatorial regions of Mars

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-58

  McEwen, Alfred S ^a   Dundas, Colin M ^b   Mattson, Sarah S ^a   Toigo, Anthony D ^c   Ojha, Lujendra ^d   Wray, James J ^d   Chojnacki, Matthew ^a   Byrne, Shane ^a   Murchie, Scott L ^c   Thomas, Nicolas ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84892887164     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2014     Document Type: Article

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