The effect of salt crust on the thermal conductivity of one sample of fluvial particulate materials under Martian atmospheric pressures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Presley, Marsha A ^a   Craddock, Robert A ^b   Zolotova, Natalya ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUST; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MARS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PREDICTION; SALT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 72149126861     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003355     Document Type: Article

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