Subsurface ice on Mars with rough topography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Aharonson, Oded ^a   Schorghofer, Norbert ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; ICE; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; SLOPE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 34247621837     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002636     Document Type: Article

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