Perennial water ice identified in the south polar cap of Mars

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6983, 2004, Pages 627-630

  Bibring, Jean Pierre ^a   Langevin, Yves ^a   Poulet, François ^a   Gendrin, Aline ^a   Gondet, Brigitte ^a   Berthé, Michel ^a   Soufflot, Alain ^a   Drossart, Pierre ^b   Combes, Michel ^b   Bellucci, Giancarlo ^c   Moroz, Vassili ^d   Mangold, Nicolas ^e   Schmitt, Bernard ^f   Erard, S ^a   Forni, O ^a   Manaud, N ^a   Poulleau, G ^a   Encrenaz, T ^b   Fouchet, T ^b   Melchiorri, R ^b   Altieri, F ^c   Formisano, V ^c   Bonello, G ^c   Fonti, S ^c   Capaccioni, F ^c   Cerroni, P ^c   Coradini, A ^c   Kottsov, V ^d   Ignatiev, N ^d   Moroz, V ^d   Titov, D ^d   Zasova, L ^d   Mangold, N ^e   Pinet, P ^g   Schmitt, B ^h   Sotin, C ⁱ   Hauber, E ^j   Hoffmann, H ^j   Jaumann, R ^j   Keller, U ^k   Arvidson, R ^l   Mustard, J ^m   Duxbury, T ⁿ   Forget, F ^o   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c INAF   (Italy)

^d Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^f LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^g OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^h Laboratoire de Planetologie   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^j GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^k MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^l WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^o LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOBIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ICE CAPS; MARTIAN POLES; POLAR ICE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOLOGY; ICE; MAPPING; PLANETS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WATER;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; ICE; SURFACE WATER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ICE CAP; MARS; POLAR REGION; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DUST; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; LATITUDE; POLAR ICE CAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; ICE; MARS; WATER;

NASA;

EID: 11144355407     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02461     Document Type: Article

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