North-south geological differences between the residual polar caps on Mars

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6774, 2000, Pages 161-164

  Thomas, P C ^a   Malin, M C ^b   Edgett, K S ^b   Carr, M H ^c   Hartmann, W K ^d   Ingersoll, A P ^e   James, P B ^f   Soderblom, L A ^g   Veverka, J ^a   Sullivan, R ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

GEOLOGY; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; POLAR REGION;

ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS;

EID: 0034624789     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35004528     Document Type: Article

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