Response of Martian ground ice to orbit-induced climate change

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Chamberlain, Matthew A ^a   Boynton, William V ^b  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FROZEN GROUND; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; ORBITAL FORCING; TERRAIN; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 34548319264     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JE002801     Document Type: Article

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