Documenting drainage evolution in Bir Kiseiba, southern Egypt: Constraints from ground-penetrating radar and implications for Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Grant, John A ^a   Maxwell, Ted A ^a   Johnston, Andrew K ^a   Kilani, Ali ^b   Williams, Kevin K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority   (Egypt)

Author keywords

GPR; Mars; Sahara

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; MARS; NATURAL ANALOG; PLANETARY LANDFORM;

EID: 11144279124     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JE002232     Document Type: Article

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