Surface material and landscape characteristics at the Mars Polar Lander landing site: A consideration and prediction

Solar System Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 439-451

  Basilevsky, A T ^a   Markiewicz, W J ^b   Thomas, N ^b   Keller, H U ^b  

^a VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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