Formation of recent martian gullies through melting of extensive water-rich snow deposits

Nature

Volumn 422, Issue 6927, 2003, Pages 45-48

  Christensen, Phillip R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MELTING; SEEPAGE; SNOW; WATER;

MARTIAN GULLIES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

SNOW; WATER;

CLIMATE; GULLY; MARS; MELTING; PLANETARY SURFACE; SNOW;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COLD CLIMATE; LATITUDE; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0037422070     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01436     Document Type: Article

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