A new approach to assessing the burial depth of ground ice deposits and its application to proposed MER landing sites in Isidis Planitia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Helbert, J ^a   Benkhoff, J ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ground ice; Landing sites; Mars; MER; Surface; Thermal modeling

Indexed keywords

DEPTH DETERMINATION; EXPLORATION; ICE; MARS; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 1542319078     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002je002021     Document Type: Article

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