The fluvial history of Mars

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1966, 2012, Pages 2193-2215

  Carr, Michael H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; Outflow channels; Running water; Valleys

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); METHANE; MOON; RIVERS; VOLCANOES; WATER;

ALLUVIAL FANS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COLD CONDITIONS; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; GLACIAL ACTIVITY; JUPITERS; LATITUDE BELTS; MARS; OUTFLOW CHANNEL; PLANETARY BODIES; RIVER CHANNELS; RIVER VALLEY; RUNNING WATERS; SATURN'S MOONS; SINUOUS VALLEYS; STEEP SLOPE; SURFACE CONDITIONS; VALLEY NETWORK; VALLEYS; VOLCANIC HISTORY;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 84859910639     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0500     Document Type: Article

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