Water at the poles and in permafrost regions of Mars

Elements

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 151-155

  Christensen, P R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice; Mars; Polar caps; Water

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINERALS; ORBITS; POLES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SNOW; WATER;

DOWNSLOPE FLOW; MARS; MIDLATITUDES; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; PERMAFROST REGION; POLAR CAP; SUBSURFACE AQUIFERS; TIME-SCALES;

ICE;

ICE; MARS; PERMAFROST; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 33947159970     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.2.3.151     Document Type: Article

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