Seasonal redistribution of water in the surficial Martian regolith: Results from the Mars Odyssey high-energy neutron detector (HEND)

Solar System Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-102

  Kuzmin, R O ^a   Zabalueva, E V ^a   Mitrofanov, I G ^b   Litvak, M L ^b   Rodin, A V ^b   Boynton, W V ^c   Saunders, R S ^d  

^a VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b University of Arizona ^*  (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

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EID: 34247385069     PISSN: 00380946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0038094607020013     Document Type: Article

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