Comparing morphologies of drainage basins on Mars and Earth using integral-geometry and neural maps

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Stepinski, T F ^a   Coradetti, S ^b  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); EROSION; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; RUNOFF; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

FLUVIAL EROSION; MARTIAN VALLEY NETWORKS; TERRESTRIAL BASINS;

CATCHMENTS;

DRAINAGE BASIN; EROSION; MARS; MORPHOLOGY; PLANETARY LANDFORM; WATER;

EID: 7044272841     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020359     Document Type: Article

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