Fractal analysis of drainage basins on Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Stepinski, T F ^a   Marinova, M M ^b   McGovern, P J ^a   Clifford, S M ^a  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; DRAINAGE; FRACTALS; LAMINATES; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MOON; ORBITS; RAIN;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MAP; DRAINAGE DENSITY; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; MARS ORBITER LASER ALTIMETERS; MARTIAN LANDSCAPE; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS;

CATCHMENTS;

EID: 0037092365     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL014666     Document Type: Article

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