Active aeolian processes on Mars: A regional study in Arabia and Meridiani Terrae

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Silvestro, S ^a   Vaz, D A ^b   Fenton, L K ^a,c   Geissler, P E ^d  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN PROCESS; DUNE FIELDS; LOCAL SCALE; MERIDIANI PLANUM; MIGRATION RATES; RIPPLE PATTERNS;

AVALANCHE; DUNE; EOLIAN PROCESS; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; RIPPLE; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 80054972232     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048955     Document Type: Article

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