North polar deposits of Mars: Extreme purity of the water ice

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Grima, Cyril ^a   Kofman, Wlodek ^a   Mouginot, Jérémie ^a   Phillips, Roger J ^b   Hérique, Alain ^a   Biccari, Daniela ^c   Seu, Roberto ^c   Cutigni, Marco ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

BASAL MELTING; LAYERED DEPOSITS; LOSS TANGENT; MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITERS; POLAR DEPOSITS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SOUNDING RADAR; SURFACE OF MARS; WATER ICE;

ICE;

MARS; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PLANETARY SURFACE; RADAR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

LINGULA;

EID: 65249170149     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036326     Document Type: Article

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