MARSIS subsurface radar investigations of the South Polar reentrant Chasma Australe

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Farrell, William M ^a   Clifford, S M ^b   Milkovich, S M ^c   Plaut, J J ^c   Leuschen, C J ^d   Picardi, G ^e   Gurnett, D A ^f   Watters, T R ^g   Safaeinili, A ^c   Ivanov, A B ^c   Phillips, R J ^h   Stofan, E R ⁱ   Heggy, E ^b   Cummer, S A ^j   Espley, J R ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Proxemy Research Inc   (United States)

^j DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; DETECTION METHOD; MARS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLANETARY SURFACE; RADAR IMAGERY; WATER FLOW;

EID: 47049128464     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE002974     Document Type: Article

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