Properties of cryobrines on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-130

  Mohlmann D ^a   Thomsen, K ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mars; Mars, surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952005713     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.11.025     Document Type: Article

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