The Instability of a South Polar Cap on Mars Composed of Carbon Dioxide

Icarus

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 449-455

  Nye, J F ^a   Durham, W B ^b   Schenk, P M ^c   Moore, J M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Ices; Mars; Mars, surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001263222     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6306     Document Type: Article

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