A steep fan at Coprates Catena, Valles Marineris, Mars, as seen by HRSC data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Di Achille, G ^a   Ori, G G ^a   Reiss, D ^b   Hauber, E ^b   Gwinner, K ^b   Michael, G ^b   Neukum, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW OF WATER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HIGH RESOLUTION STEREO CAMERA; MORPHOTECTONICS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

FAN DELTA; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

HESPERIA;

EID: 33646850764     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025435     Document Type: Article

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