Formation of recurring slope lineae by liquid brines on present-day Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Chevrier, Vincent F ^a   Rivera Valentin, Edgard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINES; FACINGS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

BRINE FLOW; FLOW FEATURES; FREEZING TEMPERATURES; GEOLOGICAL TIMESCALES; MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITERS; RECHARGE MECHANISMS; SEASONAL DEPENDENCE; SEASONALITY; SMALL SCALE; SPACE SCALE; SURFACE EVAPORATION; THERMALLY DRIVEN; WATER CYCLE;

LIQUIDS;

ALBEDO; BRINE; MARS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTION KINETICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLOPE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER BUDGET; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84869396682     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL054119     Document Type: Article

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