Flow patterns of lobate debris aprons and lineated valley fill north of Ismeniae Fossae, Mars: Evidence for extensive mid-latitude glaciation in the Late Amazonian

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 186-209

  Baker, David M H ^a   Head, James W ^a   Marchant, David R ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950047422     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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