Circular Features Located on Lineated Terrain, Ismenius Lacus Region, Mars: Implications for Post-impact Crater Modification Attributed to Sub-surface Ice Deflation
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IMPLICATIONS FOR POST-IMPACT CRATER MODIFICATION ATTRIBUTED TO SUB-SURFACE ICE DEFLATION. B. S. McConnell, H. E. Newsom, G. L. Wilt, A. Gillespie, Highland High School, Albuquerque, NM 87108 [email protected] Univ. of New Mexico, Institute of Meteoritics, Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Albuquerque, NM 87131 [email protected] 3 Pennsylvania State University, PA California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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تاریخ انتشار 2006