Lineations on the "White" accumulation areas of the residual Northern Ice Cap of Mars: Their relation to the "Accublation" and ice flow hypothesis

Icarus

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-52

  Fisher, David A ^a   Winebrenner, Dale P ^b   Stern, Harry ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice flow; Image processing; Lineations; Mars; North Ice Cap; Oblquity cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036752547     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6877     Document Type: Article

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