Amazonian northern mid-latitude glaciation on Mars: A proposed climate scenario

Icarus

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 390-405

  Madeleine, J B ^a   Forget, F ^a   Head, James W ^b   Levrard, B ^c   Montmessin, F ^d   Millour, E ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des ephemerides   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Climate; Dynamics; Geological processes; Mars

Indexed keywords

EID: 70049115317     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.04.037     Document Type: Article

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