Enigmatic linear features in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars: Their formation process

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Calef III, Fred J ^a   Sharpton, Virgil L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; PLANETS; STATISTICS;

DUST DEVIL TRACKS; ENIGMATIC LINEAR FEATURES (ELFS); MARS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM;

EID: 32644434559     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023868     Document Type: Article

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