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Science 21 August 1987:
Vol. 237. no. 4817, pp. 883 - 885
DOI: 10.1126/science.237.4817.883
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Possible Tornado-Like Tracks on Mars

JOHN A. GRANT 1 and PETER H. SCHULTZ 1

1 Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912.

Distinct atmospheric conditions suggest that dark, ephemeral, filamentary lineations on the martian surface may be formed during the passage of intense atmospheric vortices.

Submitted on February 26, 1987
Accepted on June 30, 1987

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