Glaciers of the McMurdo dry valleys: Terrestrial analog for Martian polar sublimation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  MacClune, Karen Lewis ^a   Fountain, Andrew G ^a   Kargel, Jeffery S ^a   MacAyeal, Douglas R ^a  

^a SS Papadopulos and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry valleys; Glaciers; Mars; Sublimation; Swiss cheese terrain

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; ICE CAP; MARS; NATURAL ANALOG; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 0041845201     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002je001878     Document Type: Article

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