Exposed water ice discovered near the south pole of Mars

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5609, 2003, Pages 1048-1051

  Titus, Timothy N ^a   Kieffer, Hugh H ^a   Christensen, Phillip R ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ICE; SOILS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER;

THERMAL EMISSION;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ICE; MARS; POLAR REGION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LATITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERE; DRY ICE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE; MARS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 0037436183     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1080497     Document Type: Article

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