HiRISE observations of gas sublimation-driven activity in Mars' southern polar regions: IV. Fluid dynamics models of CO2 jets

Icarus

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-85

  Thomas, N ^a   Portyankina, G ^a   Hansen, C J ^b   Pommerol, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Planetary Sciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Ices; Mars; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952002223     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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