Plausibility of the "White Mars" hypothesis based upon the thermal nature of the Martian subsurface

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Urquhart, Mary L ^a   Gulick, Virginia C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HEAT FLUX; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; LIQUIDS;

CRUSTAL THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; CRYOSPHERE; DEBRIS FLOWS; LIQUID WATER; OUTFLOW CHANNEL; THERMAL STATE; VALLEY NETWORK;

GEOPHYSICS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEBRIS FLOW; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 0346152842     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016158     Document Type: Article

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