Thermokarst lakes and ponds on Mars in the very recent (late Amazonian) past

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 382-393

  Soare, Richard J ^a,b   Osinski, Gordon R ^c   Roehm, Charlotte L ^d  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b DAWSON COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

climate change; Mars; periglacial geomorphology

Indexed keywords

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (E ,3E) PROCESS; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; COLD CLIMATES; ELSEVIER (CO); GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; ICE RICH PERMAFROST; ICE WEDGES; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; LIQUID WATER; PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES; RED PLANET; TRANSIENT CONDITIONS;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CONSERVATION; EVAPORATION; FARM BUILDINGS; FLUIDS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ICE; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; PERMAFROST; SOIL CONSERVATION; STRATIGRAPHY; VAPORS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MARS; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; THERMOKARST;

EID: 47749149911     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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