Density of mars' south polar layered deposits

Science

Volumn 317, Issue 5845, 2007, Pages 1718-1719

  Zuber, Maria T ^a   Phillips, Roger J ^b   Andrews Hanna, Jeffrey C ^a   Asmar, Sami W ^c   Konopliv, Alexander S ^c   Lemoine, Frank G ^d   Plaut, Jeffrey J ^c   Smith, David E ^d   Smrekar, Suzanne E ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

ALTIMETER; DUST; ICE; MARS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GEOLOGY; GRAVITY; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE; MARS;

EID: 34648836290     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1146995     Document Type: Article

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