Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News
  • Published:

Dust rocks martian river theory

Signs of water may really be slumping sand.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Rent or buy this article

Prices vary by article type

from$1.95

to$39.95

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Shinbrot, T., Duong, N.-H., Kwan, L. & Alvarez, M. M. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, published online, doi:10.1073/pnas.0308251101 (2004).

Download references

Authors

Related links

Related links

Related links in Nature Research

NSU: Mars Special

Related external links

Mars Global Surveyor

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Ball, P. Dust rocks martian river theory. Nature (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/news040524-4

Download citation

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news040524-4

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing