Nature and characteristics of the flows that carved the Simud and Tiu outflow channels, Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Rodriguez, J Alexis P ^a,b   Tanaka, Kenneth L ^c   Miyamoto, Hideaki ^a   Sasaki, Sho ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY;

DEBRIS FLOWS; MARS; OUTFLOW CHANNELS; TOPOGRAPHIC RELATIONS; WATER FLOODS;

PLANETS;

CHANNEL FLOW; MARS; OUTFLOW; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 33745464357     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024320     Document Type: Article

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