A tale of two planets: Geomorphology applied to mars' surface, fluvio-deltaic processes and landforms

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-117

  Kleinhans, Maarten G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alluvial fans; Catastrophe; Climate change; Lake deltas; Mars

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FANS; CATASTROPHE; CLIMATE HISTORY; COHESIVE SEDIMENTS; DEBRIS FLOWS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EXTREME EVENTS; FLOWING WATERS; FLUVIAL FLOW; FLUVIO-DELTAIC; GROUNDWATER SAPPING; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; IMPACT CRATERS; INTERMITTENCY; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LAKE LEVELS; MARTIAN SURFACE; MASS WASTING; OUTFLOW CHANNEL; PHYSICS-BASED MODELS; PLANET MARS; SOURCE AND SINK; TIME-SCALES;

DEBRIS; DISASTERS; EARTH (PLANET); FANS; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MILITARY ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALLUVIAL FAN; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEBRIS FLOW; DELTA; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MARS; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANETARY SURFACE; RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 75849122260     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1895     Document Type: Article

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