Episodes of floods in Mangala Valles, Mars, from the analysis of HRSC, MOC and THEMIS images

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 917-943

  Basilevsky, Alexander T ^a,b   Neukum, Gerhard ^a   Werner, Stephanie C ^b   Dumke, Alexander ^b   van Gasselt, Stephan ^b   Kneissl, Thomas ^b   Zuschneid, Wilhelm ^b   Rommel, Daniela ^b   Wendt, Lorenz ^b   Chapman, Mary ^c   Head, James W ^d   Greeley, Ronald ^e  

^a VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age estimates; Crater counts; Fluvial processes; Mangala Valles; Mars

Indexed keywords

AGE ESTIMATES; CRATER COUNTS; FLUVIAL PROCESSES; MANGALA VALLES; MARS;

GLOBAL WARMING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LANDFORMS; LEVEES; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 67649195291     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.07.023     Document Type: Article

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