The polar deposits of mars

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue , 2009, Pages 535-560

  Byrne, Shane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Geology; Glaciology; Ice; Martian; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CLIMATIC VARIATION; DATA SETS; GLACIOLOGY; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; HYPERSPECTRAL; ICE-CAPS; LAYERED DEPOSITS; MARS SCIENCE; MARTIAN; POLAR DEPOSITS; POLAR ICE; POLAR ORBIT;

DEPOSITS; GLACIERS; ICE; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; RADAR IMAGING; SNOW; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPACECRAFT LANDING;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIOLOGY; ICE CAP; MARS; POLAR REGION; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 62549125111     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.031208.100101     Document Type: Review

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