Areally Extensive Surface Bedrock Exposures on Mars: Many Are Clastic Rocks, Not Lavas
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Research Letters
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1002/2018gl077030