Physics of saltation and sand transport on Titan: A brief review

Icarus

Volumn 230, Issue , 2014, Pages 162-167

  Lorenz, Ralph D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, Dynamics; Geological processes; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892547431     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2013.06.023     Document Type: Article

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