Low-frequency radar sounding investigations of the North Amargosa Desert, Nevada: A potential analog of conductive subsurface environments on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Heggy, Essam ^a   Clifford, Stephen M ^a   Grimm, Robert E ^b   Dinwiddie, Cynthia L ^c   Stamatakos, John A ^c   Gonzalez, Sarah H ^c  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUNE; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LAVA FLOW; MARS; PENETRATION TEST;

AMARGOSA DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750607303     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002523     Document Type: Article

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