Evidence for Amazonian northern mid-latitude regional glacial landsystems on Mars: Glacial flow models using GCM-driven climate results and comparisons to geological observations

Icarus

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-39

  Fastook, James L ^a   Head, James W ^b   Forget, Francois ^c   Madeleine, Jean Baptiste ^c   Marchant, David R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars, climate; Mars, polar geology; Mars, surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052720982     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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