Radar probing of planetary regoliths: An example from the northern rim of Imbrium basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Thompson, Thomas W ^a   Campbell, Bruce A ^b   Ghent, Rebecca R ^b   Hawke, B Ray ^c   Leverington, David W ^b,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; CRATER; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; RADAR IMAGERY; REGOLITH; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CITRUS RETICULATA;

EID: 33750620816     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002566     Document Type: Article

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