Origin of lunar sinuous rilles: Modeling effects of gravity, surface slope, and lava composition on erosion rates during the formation of Rima Prinz

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Hurwitz, Debra M ^a   Head, James W ^a   Wilson, Lionel ^b   Hiesinger, Harald ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION RATE; GRAVITY; KOMATIITE; LAVA FLOW; LUNAR CRUST; MODELING; MOON; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 84858379347     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JE004000     Document Type: Article

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