Climate-driven deposition of water ice and the formation of mounds in craters in Mars' north polar region

Icarus

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 174-193

  Conway, Susan J ^a   Hovius, Niels ^b   Barnie, Talfan ^b   Besserer, Jonathan ^a   Le Mouélic, Stéphane ^a   Orosei, Roberto ^c   Read, Natalie Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cratering; Ices; Mars; Mars, Climate; Mars, Polar geology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861338105     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

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