Micro-relief development in polygonal patterned ground in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 347-355

  Hallet, Bernard ^a   Sletten, Ron ^a   Whilden, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; Mars; Patterned ground; Periglacial features; Permafrost; Planetary

Indexed keywords

EUROPA; MARS; PATTERNED GROUND; PERIGLACIAL; PLANETARY;

LANDFORMS; PERMAFROST; REMOTE SENSING;

SURFACES;

DISPLACEMENT; EARTH; ICE RIDGE; MARS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATTERNED GROUND; PERMAFROST; PLANETARY SURFACE; POLYGON;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 79952363026     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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