Fang, J., Luo, W., Howard, A.D., Craddock, R.A., Oliveira, E.A., Pires, R.S. (2025) Global comparative basin hypsometric analysis of Earth and Mars: Implications for early Mars climate. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 653. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119226

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Title	Global comparative basin hypsometric analysis of Earth and Mars: Implications for early Mars climate
Journal	Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Authors	Fang, J.		Author
	Luo, W.		Author
	Howard, A.D.		Author
	Craddock, R.A.		Author
	Oliveira, E.A.		Author
	Pires, R.S.		Author
Year	2025 (March)	Volume	653
Publisher	Elsevier BV
DOI	doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119226Search in ResearchGate
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Full Reference	Fang, J., Luo, W., Howard, A.D., Craddock, R.A., Oliveira, E.A., Pires, R.S. (2025) Global comparative basin hypsometric analysis of Earth and Mars: Implications for early Mars climate. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 653. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119226
Plain Text	Fang, J., Luo, W., Howard, A.D., Craddock, R.A., Oliveira, E.A., Pires, R.S. (2025) Global comparative basin hypsometric analysis of Earth and Mars: Implications for early Mars climate. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 653. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119226
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Fang, J., Luo, W., Howard, A.D., Craddock, R.A., Oliveira, E.A., Pires, R.S. (2025) Global comparative basin hypsometric analysis of Earth and Mars: Implications for early Mars climate. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 653. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119226

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