Seasonal activity and morphological changes in martian gullies

Icarus

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-143

  Dundas, Colin M ^a   Diniega, Serina ^b   Hansen, Candice J ^c   Byrne, Shane ^d   McEwen, Alfred S ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Ices; Mars, Climate; Mars, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861157350     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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