Landslides in Valles Marineris (Mars): A possible role of basal lubrication by sub-surface ice

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1384-1392

  De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evaporites; Ice; Landslides; Mars; Mars climate; Valles Marineris

Indexed keywords

BLOCK MODELS; DEEP WATER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EVAPORITES; LANDSLIDE DEPOSITS; LONG DISTANCES; MARS; MARS CLIMATE; MASS FAILURES; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ASPECTS; SUB-SURFACES; VALLES MARINERIS;

LANDSLIDES; LUBRICATION; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ICE;

EID: 80052860022     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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