Recent debris flows on Mars: Seasonal observations of the Russell Crater dune field

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Reiss, D ^a   Jaumann, R ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DEBRIS; EROSION; FROST EFFECTS; ICE; WATER; DEFROSTING;

CRATERS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CONDENSED WATER; DEBRIS FLOWS; DUNE FIELDS; FINE-GRAINED MATERIAL; LIQUID WATER; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TIME-PERIODS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; DEBRIS;

DEBRIS FLOW; DUNE FIELD; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MARS;

EID: 0043192746     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016704     Document Type: Article

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