Geomorphologic exploration targets at the Zhurong landing site in the southern Utopia Planitia of Mars

Binlong Ye; Yuqi Qian; Long Xiao; Joseph R. Michalski; Yiliang Li; Bo Wu; Le Qiao

doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117199

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Geomorphologic exploration targets at the Zhurong landing site in the southern Utopia Planitia of Mars

Binlong Ye

Yuqi Qian

Long Xiao

Joseph R. Michalski Yiliang Li

Bo Wu

Le Qiao

Earth and Planetary Science Letters Vol. 576 pp. 117199 · Elsevier BV

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Published: Dec 01, 2021
Vol/Issue: 576
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State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, College of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

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Le Qiao

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National Natural Science Foundation of China Award: 41830214

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

University of Hong Kong

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Binlong Ye, Yuqi Qian, Long Xiao, et al. (2021). Geomorphologic exploration targets at the Zhurong landing site in the southern Utopia Planitia of Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 576, 117199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117199

Geomorphologic exploration targets at the Zhurong landing site in the southern Utopia Planitia of Mars

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