Patterned ground in martian high northern latitudes: Morphology and age constraints

Icarus

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 960-970

  Korteniemi, J ^a,b   Kreslavsky, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Impact processes; Mars; Mars, Climate; Mars, Polar geology; Mars, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879783267     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.09.032     Document Type: Article

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