Transverse Aeolian Ridges (TARs) on Mars II: Distributions, orientations, and ages

Icarus

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-130

  Berman, Daniel C ^a   Balme, Matthew R ^a,b   Rafkin, Scot C R ^c   Zimbelman, James R ^d  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; Mars, Climate; Mars, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955139945     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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