Sediment transport by liquid surficial flow: Application to Titan

Icarus

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 235-242

  Burr, Devon M ^a   Emery, Joshua P ^b   Lorenz, Ralph D ^c   Collins, Geoffrey C ^d   Carling, Paul A ^e  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mars, surface; Satellites of Saturn; Surfaces, planets; Surfaces, satellites; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344466691     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.11.012     Document Type: Article

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