Ice sublimation as a geomorphic process: A planetary perspective

Geomorphology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-17

  Mangold, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Galilean satellites; Glacial processes; Mars; Planets; Sublimation

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; ICE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUBLIMATION; TERRAIN;

EID: 78650861074     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.11.009     Document Type: Review

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