Evolution of the north-polar cap of Mars: A modelling study

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 775-787

  Greve, Ralf ^a,b   Mahajan, Rupali A ^c   Segschneider, Joachim ^c   Grieger, Björn ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ice; Ice flow; Mars; North polar cap; Obliquity cycle; Polar layered deposits

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BINARY MIXTURES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; FUNCTIONS; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TENSORS;

ICE FLOWS; NORTH-POLAR CAPS (NPC); OBLIQUITY CYCLE; POLAR LAYERED DEPOSITS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 2942666202     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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