Origin and characteristics of the Mars north polar basal unit and implications for polar geologic history

Icarus

Volumn 174, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 444-474

  Fishbaugh, Kathryn E ^a,b   Head III, James W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars; Mars climate; Mars surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544384913     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.021     Document Type: Article

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