Digging deep for ice in Isidis Planitia - New constraints on subsurface volatile concentrations from thermal modeling

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-336

  Helbert, J ^a   Benkhoff, J ^a,b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beagle 2; Exobiology; ExoMars; Ice deposits; Mars; Water

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WATER;

BEAGLE 2; EXOBIOLOGY; EXOMARS; ICE DEPOSITS;

ICE;

EID: 33644983702     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2005.12.017     Document Type: Article

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