The persistence of equatorial ground ice on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 102, Issue E8, 1997, Pages 19357-19369

  Mellon, Michael T ^a,b   Jakosky, Bruce M ^b   Postawko, Susan E ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cations; Computer modeling; Delayed ion formation; Infrared; Initial position; Initial velocity; Ion trap; Ionization process(es); Iron ethoxide; Photo fragmentation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ICE; PLANETARY SURFACE;

MARS;

EID: 0031414285     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JE01346     Document Type: Article

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