Obliquity-oblateness feedback on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E12, 1999, Pages 30773-30797

  Bills, Bruce G ^a,b,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; MARS; OBLIQUITY; PLANETARY ROTATION;

EID: 16644395792     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001057     Document Type: Article

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