Evaluation of melting process of the permafrost on Mars: Its implication for surface features

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Ogawa, Yoshiko ^a   Yamagishi, Yasuko ^b   Kurita, Kei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chaotic terrain; Hydrothermal system; Mars; Outflow channel; Permafrost; Thermal convection

Indexed keywords

MARS; MELTING; PERMAFROST; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 0042847221     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002je001886     Document Type: Article

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