Landscape evolution in Martian mid-latitude regions: Insights from analogous periglacial landforms in Svalbard

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 356, Issue , 2011, Pages 111-131

  Hauber, E ^a   Reiss, D ^b   Ulrich, M ^c   Preusker, F ^a   Trauthan, F ^a   Zanetti, M ^b   Hiesinger, H ^b   Jaumann, R ^a   Johansson, L ^d   Johnsson, A ^d   van Gasselt, S ^e   Olvmo, M ^d  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MARS; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; ROCK GLACIER; TERRAIN;

ARCTIC; NORWAY; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 80054049184     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP356.7     Document Type: Article

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