Subsurface structure of Planum Boreum from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Shallow Radar soundings

Icarus

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 443-457

  Putzig, Nathaniel E ^a   Phillips, Roger J ^a,b   Campbell, Bruce A ^c   Holt, John W ^d   Plaut, Jeffrey J ^e   Carter, Lynn M ^c   Egan, Anthony F ^a   Bernardini, Fabrizio ^f   Safaeinili, Ali ^e   Seu, Roberto ^g  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f A and C2000 srl   (Italy)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mars; Mars, Polar caps; Mars, Polar geology; Radar observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350422825     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.07.034     Document Type: Article

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