Young (late Amazonian), near-surface, ground ice features near the equator, Athabasca Valles, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-73

  Burr, Devon M ^a,b   Soare, Richard J ^c,d   Wan Bun Tseung, Jean Michel ^d   Emery, Joshua P ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 27244459427     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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