No signature of clear CO2 ice from the 'cryptic' regions in Mars' south seasonal polar cap

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7104, 2006, Pages 790-792

  Langevin, Yves ^a   Douté, Sylvain ^b   Vincendon, Mathieu ^a   Poulet, François ^a   Bibring, Jean Pierre ^a   Gondet, Brigitte ^a   Schmitt, Bernard ^b   Forget, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTAMINATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY; SEASONAL POLAR CAPS; THICK TRANSPARENT SLABS;

ICE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DUST; ICE CAP; MARS; SUBLIMATION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; DUST; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POLAR ICE CAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33747461303     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05012     Document Type: Article

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