Initial insights from 2.5D hydraulic modeling of floods in Athabasca Valles, Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Keszthelyi, Laz P ^a   Denlinger, R P ^b   O'Connell, D R H ^c   Burr, D M ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c William Lettis and Associates   (United States)

^d Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EROSION; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ELEVATION MAP; FLOOD DYNAMICS; FLOW MODELING;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE; FLOOD; FLOW MODELING; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 38549173750     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031776     Document Type: Article

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