Valleys on Hecates Tholus, Mars: Origin by basal melting of summit snowpack

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 370-378

  Fassett, Caleb I ^a   Head III, James W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Heat flow; Mars; Mars surface; Valley networks

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; MELTING; MORPHOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

HEAT FLOW; VALLEY NETWORKS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644990210     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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