Bedform migration on mars: Current results and future plans

Aeolian Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 133-151

  Bridges, Nathan ^a   Geissler, Paul ^b   Silvestro, Simone ^c   Banks, Maria ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Change detection; Dunes; Mars; Ripples; Sand flux

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; DUNE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; RIPPLE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84877014938     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2013.02.004     Document Type: Review

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