Earth-like sand fluxes on Mars

Nature

Volumn 485, Issue 7398, 2012, Pages 339-342

  Bridges, N T ^a   Ayoub, F ^b   Avouac, J P ^b   Leprince, S ^b   Lucas, A ^b   Mattson, S ^c  

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

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUNE FIELD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; SAND; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; LANDSCAPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA VALLEY [EAST ANTARCTICA];

PATERA;

EID: 84861040346     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11022     Document Type: Article

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