Non-uniform seasonal defrosting of subpolar dune field on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 201-204

  Kossacki, Konrad J ^a   Leliwa Kopystyński, Jacek ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b Borowiec Astrogeodynamic Observatory   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ices; Mars; Surface; Thermal histories

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842480280     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.11.010     Document Type: Article

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