Planet-wide sand motion on mars

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-34

  Bridges, Nathan T ^a   Bourke, Mary C ^b   Geissler, Paul E ^c   Banks, Maria E ^d   Colon, Cindy ^e   Diniega, Serina ^f   Golombek, Matthew P ^f   Hansen, Candice J ^b   Mattson, Sarah ^g   Mcewen, Alfred S ^g   Mellon, Michael T ^h   Stantzos, Nicholas ^c   Thomson, Bradley J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE GRAINS; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITERS; SAND RIPPLE; WIND GUST;

CLIMATE MODELS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; SAND;

PLANETS;

CLIMATE MODELING; DUNE; MARS; RIPPLE;

EID: 84855465396     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32373.1     Document Type: Article

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