Evidence of an eolian ice-rich and stratified permafrost in Utopia Planitia, Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 248-254

  Sejourne A ^a   Costard, F ^a   Gargani, J ^a   Soare, R J ^b   Marmo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b DAWSON COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eolian; Ground ice; Mars; Periglacial processes; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

BAND ORIGINS; BRIGHT BAND; CLIMATIC SIMULATION; EOLIAN; EOLIAN SEDIMENTATION; EOLIAN SEDIMENTS; GROUND-ICE; ICE-RICH PERMAFROST; LANDSCAPE FEATURE; MARS; MIDLATITUDES; PERIGLACIAL; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; PLANETARY SCIENCE; SEDIMENTARY LAYERS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THAWING;

PERMAFROST;

EID: 84855656445     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.09.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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