Southern high latitude dune fields on Mars: Morphology, aeolian inactivity, and climate change

Geomorphology

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 98-121

  Fenton, Lori K ^a   Hayward, Rosalyn K ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Climate change; Dunes; Mars; Planetary geomorphology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 77953958103     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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