Fluvial network analysis on Titan: Evidence for subsurface structures and west-to-east wind flow, southwestern Xanadu

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Burr, Devon M ^a,b   Jacobsen, Robert E ^c   Roth, Danica L ^d   Phillips, Cynthia B ^b   Mitchell, Karl L ^e   Viola, Donna ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASSINI-HUYGENS MISSION; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; DRAINAGE PATTERNS; LANDFORM ANALYSIS; LIQUID ALKANES; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NETWORK PARAMETERS; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; SIMPLIFIED ALGORITHMS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STRUCTURAL FABRIC; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES; TECTONIC FABRICS; WIND FLOW;

DRAINAGE; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FABRICS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PARAFFINS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TECTONICS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ALGORITHM; ALKANE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 72049089278     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040909     Document Type: Article

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