Enhanced runout and erosion by overland flow at low pressure and sub-freezing conditions: Experiments and application to Mars

Icarus

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 443-457

  Conway, Susan J ^a   Lamb, Michael P ^b   Balme, Matthew R ^a   Towner, Martin C ^c   Murray, John B ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimental techniques; Geological processes; Mars, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650956153     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.08.026     Document Type: Article

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