Basal melting of snow on early Mars: A possible origin of some valley networks

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Carr, Michael H ^a   Head III, James W ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MELTING; RAIN; SNOW; WEATHERING;

BASAL MELTING;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

BASAL MELTING; INCISED VALLEY; MARS; SNOW;

EID: 1642633322     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018575     Document Type: Article

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