Geological evolution of Ares Vallis on Mars: Formation by multiple events of catastrophic flooding, glacial and periglacial processes

Icarus

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-77

  Pacifici, Andrea ^a   Komatsu, Goro ^a   Pondrelli, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

climate; Geological processes; Ices; Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349150043     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.029     Document Type: Article

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