An instability mechanism in the formation of the Martian lobate craters and the implications for the rheology of ejecta

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Baratoux, David ^a,b   Delacourt, Christophe ^a   Allemand, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Lab des Sc de la Terra   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

CYLINDRICAL GEOMETRY; DEBRIS FLOWS; INSTABILITY MECHANISMS; SINGLE LAYER; SURFACE FLOW; TWO-FLUID; VISCOSITY CONTRAST; VISCOUS FLUIDS;

VISCOSITY;

EID: 0037092246     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013779     Document Type: Article

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