The effects of electric fields on wind driven particulate detachment

Icarus

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  von Holstein Rathlou, C ^a   Merrison, J P ^a   Braedstrup C F ^a   Nornberg P ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Regoliths; Terrestrial planets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860690196     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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