Impact-mobilized dust in the Martian atmosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Nemtchinov, I V ^a   Shuvalov, V V ^a   Greeley, R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crater; Dust; Impact; Mars; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DUST; DUST STORM; IMPACT; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 0037176385     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001je001834     Document Type: Article

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