High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) observations of glacial and periglacial morphologies in the circum-Argyre Planitia highlands, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Banks, Maria E ^a   McEwen, Alfred S ^b   Kargel, Jefey S ^b   Baker, Victor R ^b   Strom, Robert G ^b   Mellon, Michael T ^c   Gulick, Virginia C ^d   Keszthelyi, Laszlo ^e   Herkenhoff, Kenneth E ^e   Pelletier, Jon D ^a   Jaeger, Windy L ^e  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIOLOGY; MARS; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 62549162126     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE002994     Document Type: Article

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