The timing of alluvial activity in Gale crater, Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1142-1148

  Grant, John A ^a   Wilson, Sharon A ^a   Mangold, Nicolas ^b   Calef III, Fred ^c   Grotzinger, John P ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

alluvial fan; craters; Gale crater; Hesperian; Mars

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS;

ALLUVIAL FANS; CRATERS; GALE CRATER; HESPERIAN; MARS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

ALLUVIAL FAN; ASTRONOMY; DATA SET; MAPPING METHOD; MARS;

CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; YELLOWKNIFE;

HESPERIA;

EID: 84893869827     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058909     Document Type: Article

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