Waxing and Waning of the Perennial North Polar H2O Ice Cap of Mars over Obliquity Cycles

Icarus

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 419-431

  Greve, Ralf ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 0001352446     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6291     Document Type: Article

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