Influence of the scar geometry on landslide dynamics and deposits: Application to Martian landslides

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Lucas, Antoine ^a,b   Mangeney, Anne ^a   Mége, Daniel ^c   Bouchut, Franois ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d UFR des Sciences et Technologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; MARS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANETARY LANDFORM; RHEOLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 80053610814     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JE003803     Document Type: Article

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