The dust ejection induced by a meteoroid impact as a possible initiator of dust devils on Mars: Laboratory experiment and numerical simulation

Solar System Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-20

  Khazins, V M ^a   Rybakov, V A ^a   Greeley, R ^b   Balme, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 4043174154     PISSN: 00380946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SOLS.0000015151.62960.f6     Document Type: Article

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