Observations of periglacial landforms in utopia planitia with the high resolution imaging science experiment (HiRISE)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Lefort, A ^c   Russell, P S ^c   Thomas, N ^c   McEwen, A S ^a   Dundas, C M ^a   Kirk Physikalisches, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ICE; IMAGING METHOD; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; POLYGON; THERMOKARST;

EID: 67650489018     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003264     Document Type: Article

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