The rate of granule ripple movement on Earth and Mars

Icarus

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-76

  Zimbelman, James R ^a   Irwin III, Rossman P ^a   Williams, Steven H ^b   Bunch, Fred ^c   Valdez, Andrew ^c   Stevens, Scott ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth; Geological processes; Mars surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749114998     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.03.033     Document Type: Article

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