Grjotá Valles and implications for flood sediment deposition on Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Burr, Devon M ^a   Parker, Alex H ^b  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GRAVITATION; HYDRAULICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS;

FLOOD DEPOSITS; FLOOD SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; FLOODWATER; MARS; PALEOHYDRAULIC;

PLANETS;

BEDLOAD; DEPOSITION; FLOOD DEPOSIT; MARS; SUSPENDED LOAD;

EID: 34548585118     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028011     Document Type: Article

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