An environmental simulation wind tunnel for studying Aeolian transport on mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 426-437

  Merrison, J P ^a   Bechtold, H ^a   Gunnlaugsson, H ^a   Jensen, A ^a   Kinch, K ^a   Nornberg, P ^a   Rasmussen, K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Dust; Mars; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; DUST; GRANULAR MATERIALS; WIND TUNNELS;

DUST LOADING; WIND FLOW; WIND SPEED;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 39549106491     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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