Stratigraphic analysis of the northern polar layered deposits of Mars: Implications for recent climate history

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 266-288

  Milkovich, Sarah M ^a,b   Head III, James W ^a   Gerhard Neukum, ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate; Mars; Polar caps; Polar layered deposits

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; ICE; STRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVELENGTH;

CURVE SHAPE MATCHING; OBLIQUITY; POLAR CAPS; POLAR LAYERED DEPOSITS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 38849157919     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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