Palaeoflood-generating mechanisms on Earth, Mars, and Titan

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 5-13

  Burr, Devon M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

fluid dynamics; Mars; palaeofloods; terrestrial comparison; Titan satellite; volatiles

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; EARTH; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GLACIATION; MARS; METHANE; PALEOFLOOD; RUNOFF; TITAN; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; VOLCANISM;

EID: 76749104252     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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