North-south topographic slope asymmetry on Mars: Evidence for insolation-related erosion at high obliquity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Kreslavsky, M A ^a,b   Head, J W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; STATISTICAL METHODS; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; POLES; SOLAR RADIATION;

ZONAL BELTS; DOWNSLOPE; GROUND ICE; TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILES; TOPOGRAPHIC SLOPE;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; FACINGS;

ASYMMETRY; EROSION; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; SLOPE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242305874     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017795     Document Type: Article

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