The formation of martian river valleys by impacts

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue , 2010, Pages 303-322

  Toon, Owen B ^a   Segura, Teresa ^b   Zahnle, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Erosion; Greenhouse; Mars; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

EROSION RATES; GREENHOUSE ATMOSPHERES; IMPACT BASINS; MARTIAN VALLEYS; RIVER VALLEY; SNOWMELT; THARSIS; VALLEY NETWORK;

DEBRIS; GREENHOUSES; LANDFORMS; RAIN; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER VAPOR;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION RATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RIVER BASIN; SNOWMELT; VALLEY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 77953659200     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-040809-152354     Document Type: Article

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