THEMIS observes possible cave skylights on Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Cushing, G E ^a,b   Titus, T N ^a   Wynne, J J ^b   Christensen, P R ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED IMAGING; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

MARS; MARTIAN CAVES; SKYLIGHTS; THERMAL EMISSION IMAGING SYSTEM (THEMIS);

PLANETS;

CRATER; IMAGING METHOD; IMPACT STRUCTURE; INFRARED IMAGERY; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 35948978469     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030709     Document Type: Article

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