Did ice streams shape the largest channels on Mars?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Kite, Edwin S ^a,b   Hindmarsh, Richard C A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; ICE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ICE SHEET; SUBGLACIAL LANDSCAPE;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; FLOODING; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; MARS; OBLIQUITY; PLEISTOCENE;

EID: 37249082141     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030530     Document Type: Article

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