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7 - Mars interior layered deposits and terrestrial sub-ice volcanoes compared: observations and interpretations of similar geomorphic characteristics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2009

Mary G. Chapman
Affiliation:
US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona
John L. Smellie
Affiliation:
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
Mary Chapman
Affiliation:
United States Geological Survey, Arizona
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The Geology of Mars
Evidence from Earth-Based Analogs
, pp. 178 - 210
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2007

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