Evaluation of paleohydrologic models for terrestrial inverted channels: Implications for application to martian sinuous ridges

Geomorphology

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 300-315

  Williams, Rebecca M E ^a   Irwin III, Rossman P ^b   Zimbelman, James R ^b  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluvial geomorphology; Hydrologic models; Mars

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MARS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCHANNEL; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETARY LANDFORM;

EID: 67349196061     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.12.015     Document Type: Article

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