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Did komatiitic lavas erode channels on Mars?
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Did komatiitic lavas erode channels on Mars?

  • ALEX K. BAIRD1 &
  • BENTON C. CLARK2 

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  1. Geology Department, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 91711, USA

    ALEX K. BAIRD

  2. Martin Marietta Aerospace, Denver, Colorado, 80201, USA

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BAIRD, A., CLARK, B. Did komatiitic lavas erode channels on Mars?. Nature 311, 18 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/311018a0

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