Kilometer-scale roughness of Mars: Results from MOLA data analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E11, 2000, Pages 26695-26711

  Kreslavsky, Mikhail A ^a,b   Head III, James W ^b  

^a V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; ROUGHNESS;

EID: 0034485539     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001259     Document Type: Article

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