Kilometer-thick ice accumulation and glaciation in the northern mid-latitudes of Mars: Evidence for crater-filling events in the Late Amazonian at the Phlegra Montes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 294, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 332-342

  Dickson, James L ^a   Head, James W ^a   Marchant, David R ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Glaciation; Mars; Water

Indexed keywords

BOREALIS; DICHOTOMY BOUNDARY; GLACIAL ICE; GLACIATION; ICE ACCUMULATION; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; IMPACT CRATERS; MIDLATITUDES; NON-POLAR; PARAMETER-DRIVEN; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA; VOLUMETRIC MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CRATER; GLACIATION; ICE THICKNESS; MARS; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

PHLEGRA;

EID: 77953286188     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.08.031     Document Type: Article

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