Onset and migration of spiral troughs on Mars revealed by orbital radar

Nature

Volumn 465, Issue 7297, 2010, Pages 450-453

  Smith, Isaac B ^a   Holt, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE EFFECT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ICE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; POLAR REGION; RADAR IMAGERY; STRATIGRAPHY; TROUGH; WIND FIELD;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 77952970327     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09049     Document Type: Article

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