Aeolian features and processes at the Mars Pathfinder landing site

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E4, 1999, Pages 8573-8584

  Greeley, Ronald ^a   Kraft, Michael ^a   Sullivan, Robert ^a,b   Wilson, Gregory ^a   Bridges, Nathan ^c   Herkenhoff, Ken ^c   Kuzmin, Ruslan O ^d   Malin, Michael ^e   Ward, Wes ^f  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^e MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN PROCESS; MARS; MARS PATHFINDER; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 0033602584     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE02553     Document Type: Article

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