Aeolian bedforms, yardangs, and indurated surfaces in the Tharsis Montes as seen by the HiRISE Camera: Evidence for dust aggregates

Icarus

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-182

  Bridges, N T ^a   Banks, M E ^b   Beyer, R A ^c   Chuang, F C ^d   Noe Dobrea, E Z ^a   Herkenhoff, K E ^e   Keszthelyi, L P ^e   Fishbaugh, K E ^f   McEwen, A S ^b   Michaels, T I ^g   Thomson, B J ^h   Wray, J J ⁱ  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^g SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549093656     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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