Tropical to mid-latitude snow and ice accumulation, flow and glaciation on Mars

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7031, 2005, Pages 346-351

  Head, J W ^a   Neukum, G ^b   Jaumann, R ^c   Hiesinger, H ^a   Hauber, E ^c   Carr, M ^d   Masson, P ^e   Foing, B ^f   Hoffmann, H ^c   Kreslavsky, M ^a   Werner, S ^b   Milkovich, S ^a   Van Gasselt, S ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Deutsch Zentrum f Luft u Raumfahrt   (Germany)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^f ESTEC/SCI SR ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; ROCKS; SNOW; SUBLIMATION; VISCOUS FLOW;

HIGH-RESOLUTION STEREO CAMERAS (HRSC); ICE-RICH GLACIER-LIKE VISCOUS FLOW; POLAR ICE; SPACE EXPLORATION;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

GLACIATION; ICE; MARS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; AUTOMATION; CAMERA; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOLOGY; GLACIER; ICE CORE RECORD; LATITUDE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPIC CLIMATE; VISCOSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; ICE COVER; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME;

SNOW;

CLIMATE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE COVER; MARS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SNOW; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15244362605     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03359     Document Type: Article

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