On the secular evolution of groundwater on Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 2009, Pages

  Grimm, Robert E ^a   Painter, Scott L ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED WATER; FLUID FLOW; HIGHER LATITUDES; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; ICE SUBLIMATION; LATERAL HETEROGENEITY; PHREATIC; SATURATED ZONE; SECULAR EVOLUTION; SUBSURFACE TRANSPORT; SURFACE FREEZING; VADOSE ZONE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MONOLAYERS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

GROUNDWATER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; FLUID FLOW; GROUNDWATER; MARS; PHREATIC ZONE; PLANETARY SURFACE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 75649089240     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041018     Document Type: Article

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