Dust devil sediment flux on Earth and Mars: Laboratory simulations

Icarus

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 306-318

  Neakrase, Lynn D V ^a   Greeley, Ronald ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, Dynamics; Mars, Atmosphere; Mars, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949122621     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.08.028     Document Type: Article

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