Experimental simulation of martian gully forms

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 711-716

  Coleman, K A ^a   Dixon, J C ^a   Howe, K L ^a   Roe, L A ^a,b   Chevrier, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Gullies; Laboratory simulation; Mars; Viscous flows

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLING FACTORS; EARTH SURFACE TEMPERATURES; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS; FLUME EXPERIMENTS; FORMATION PROCESS; GULLIES; LABORATORY SIMULATION; MARS; MEDIUM GRAINS; MORPHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SLOPE ANGLES; SURFACE OF MARS; WATER-BASED;

FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; SILICONES; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 67349257201     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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