Radar sounding of the medusae fossae formation mars: Equatorial ice or dry, low-density deposits?

Science

Volumn 318, Issue 5853, 2007, Pages 1125-1128

  Watters, Thomas R ^a   Campbell, Bruce ^a   Carter, Lynn ^a   Leuschen, Carl J ^b   Plaut, Jeffrey J ^c   Picardi, Giovanni ^d   Orosei, Roberto ^d   Safaeinili, Ali ^c   Clifford, Stephen M ^e   Farrell, William M ^f   Ivanov, Anton B ^c   Phillips, Roger J ^g   Stofan, Ellen R ^h  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Proxemy Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; DUST; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FORMATION MECHANISM; ICE; MARS; RADAR; VOLCANIC ASH;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE; MARS; RADAR;

HYDROIDA;

EID: 36249023635     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1148112     Document Type: Article

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