An equatorial periglacial landscape on Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-15

  Balme, M R ^a,b   Gallagher, C ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

geomorphology; Mars; periglacial; permafrost; planetary Geomorphology

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC FLOODS; CROSS-CUTTING; GROUND ICE; LIQUID WATER; MARS; OUTFLOW CHANNEL; PATTERNED SURFACE; PERIGLACIAL; PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEASONAL CYCLE; SHALLOW BASINS; STANDING WATERS; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE FEATURE; THAW SLUMP;

DEBRIS; DENDRIMERS; DEPOSITS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ICE; LIQUIDS; PERMAFROST; THAWING;

LANDFORMS;

FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MARS; PERMAFROST; PINGO; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETARY LANDFORM; SUBSIDENCE; THERMOKARST;

EID: 67650569242     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.031     Document Type: Article

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