Reassessing landslide deformation in Ganges Chasma, Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Bulmer, Mark H ^a   Zimmerman, Brandy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DEFORMATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSLIDES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

CANYON RIM; LANDSLIDE DEFORMATION; ROCK CHUTES; TERRACE SLOPES;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

LANDSLIDE; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM;

EID: 20044364019     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022021     Document Type: Article

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