Subsurface radar sounding of the south polar layered deposits of Mars

Science

Volumn 316, Issue 5821, 2007, Pages 92-95

  Plaut, Jeffrey J ^a   Picardi, Giovanni ^b   Safaeinili, Ali ^a   Ivanov, Anton B ^a   Milkovich, Sarah M ^a   Cicchetti, Andrea ^b   Kofman, Wlodek ^c   Mouginot, Jérémie ^c   Farrell, William M ^d   Phillips, Roger J ^e   Clifford, Stephen M ^f   Frigeri, Alessandro ^g   Orosei, Roberto ^h   Federico, Costanzo ^g   Williams, Iwan P ⁱ   Gurnett, Donald A ^j   Nielsen, Erling ^k   Hagfors, Tor ^k   Heggy, Essam ^f   Stofan, Ellen R ^l   Plettemeier, Dirk ^m   Watters, Thomas R ⁿ   Leuschen, Carlton J ^o   Edenhofer, Peter ^p   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^h INAF   (Italy)

ⁱ QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^k MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^l Proxemy Research Inc   (United States)

^m DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁿ DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^p RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE THICKNESS; IONOSPHERE; MAPPING; MARS; RADAR; TOPOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GEOGRAPHY; GLACIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; THICKNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE; MARS; RADAR; SPACECRAFT; WATER;

EID: 34147097407     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1139672     Document Type: Article

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