Martian high latitude permafrost depth and surface cover thermal inertia distributions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Bandfield, Joshua L ^a   Feldman, William C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; ICE COVER; MARS; PERMAFROST; REGOLITH; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 56349137700     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE003007     Document Type: Article

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