Formation timescales of large Martian valley networks

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 312, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Hoke, Monica R T ^a   Hynek, Brian M ^a   Tucker, Gregory E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Mars; Networks; Timescale; Transport; Valley

Indexed keywords

DARCY-WEISBACH EQUATION; FORMATION CONDITION; FORMATION TIME; INPUT PARAMETER; MARS; MARTIAN VALLEYS; RUNOFF RATES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL; SHORT PERIODS; TIME-SCALES; TRANSPORT; VALLEY; VALLEY NETWORK;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GALLIUM; HYDROLOGY; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

LANDFORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW VELOCITY; MARS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANETARY LANDFORM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIMESCALE; VALLEY;

HESPERIA;

EID: 80054098337     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.053     Document Type: Article

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