North polar region of Mars: Advances in stratigraphy, structure, and erosional modification

Icarus

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 318-358

  Tanaka, Kenneth L ^a   Rodriguez, J Alexis P ^b   Skinner Jr , James A ^a   Bourke, Mary C ^b   Fortezzo, Corey M ^a,c   Herkenhoff, Kenneth E ^a   Kolb, Eric J ^d   Okubo, Chris H ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GOOGLE INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

climate; Mars; polar caps; polar geology; surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149107604     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.01.021     Document Type: Article

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