Palaeoflow reconstruction from fan delta morphology on Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 294, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 378-392

  Kleinhans, Maarten G ^a   van de Kasteele, Hester E ^b   Hauber, Ernst ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b De Ontdekkingsreis   (Netherlands)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Fan delta; Model; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ALLUVIAL FANS; BULK FLUXES; CHANNEL AVULSIONS; CRATER LAKE; CRATER WALL; DELTA MODEL; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; INFLUX OF SEDIMENT; MORPHOLOGICAL MODEL; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHYSICS-BASED; SCALE MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEDIMENTARY BODIES; SHORT DURATIONS; SINGLE-EVENTS; TIME-SCALES; UPSTREAM CHANNEL;

DEPOSITS; FANS; FEEDING; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL MECHANICS; STAIRS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL FAN; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FAN DELTA; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FORMATION MECHANISM; MARS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE; TIMESCALE;

EID: 77953291089     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.025     Document Type: Article

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