Lithospheric Loading by the Northern Polar Cap on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 313-328

  Johnson, Catherine L ^a   Solomon, Sean C ^a   Head III, James W ^b   Phillips, Roger J ^c   Smith, David E ^d   Zuber, Maria T ^e  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Ices; Mars; Mars, climate; Mars, interior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000926702     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6310     Document Type: Article

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