Small-scale trench in the north polar region of Mars: Evolution of surface frost and ground ice concentration

Icarus

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-85

  Kossacki, Konrad J ^a   Markiewicz, Wojciech J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mars; surface; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349168591     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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