Fluvial Valley Networks on Mars

River Confluences, Tributaries and the Fluvial Network

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 419-451

  Irwin, Rossman P ^a   Howard, Alan D ^b   Craddock, Robert A ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian erosion and gardening valley network degradation; MARS fluvial valley networks; Martian fluvial system and paleohydrologic methods; Network junction angles and drainage basin topography; Valley morphology and diversity; Valley network age; Valley networks cratered regions on Mars; Valley networks distribution, age, origin and morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889434085     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470760383.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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