Topography of valley networks on Mars from Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera digital elevation models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Ansan, Véronique ^a   Mangold, Nicolas ^a   Masson, Philippe ^a   Gailhardis, Evelyne ^a   Neukum, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; BEDROCK; CRATER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; MARS; OVERLAND FLOW; SEEPAGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STEREO IMAGE; TOPOGRAPHY; VALLEY;

HESPERIA;

EID: 55049135338     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE002986     Document Type: Article

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