High latitude patterned grounds on Mars: Classification, distribution and climatic control

Icarus

Volumn 174, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 336-359

  Mangold, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Ice; Mars; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544375701     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.07.030     Document Type: Article

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