Recent bright gully deposits on Mars: Wet or dry flow?

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-214

  Pelletier, Jon D ^a   Kolb, Kelly J ^b   McEwen, Alfred S ^b   Kirk, Randy L ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluvial; Mars; Mass wasting; Numerical model

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; MASS WASTING; WET DEBRIS FLOWS;

FLOW OF WATER; LANDSLIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOW MODELING; GULLY; MARS; MASS WASTING; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RHEOLOGY; WATER FLOW;

EID: 44449151972     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24346A.1     Document Type: Article

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