Climate Change from the Mars Exploration Rover Landing Sites: from Wet in the Noachian to Dry and Desiccating since the Hesperian
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THE NOACHIAN TO DRY AND DESICCATING SINCE THE HESPERIAN. M. P. Golombek, J. A. Grant, L. S. Crumpler, R. Greeley, R. E. Arvidson, and the Athena Science Team, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91109, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM 87104, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63135Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005