Investigating gully flow emplacement mechanisms using apex slopes

Icarus

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 132-142

  Kolb, Kelly Jean ^a   McEwen, Alfred S ^a   Pelletier, Jon D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars, Climate; Mars, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953537992     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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