Evaluating the meaning of "layer" in the martian north polar layered deposits and the impact on the climate connection

Icarus

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 269-282

  Fishbaugh, Kathryn E ^a   Byrne, Shane ^a   Herkenhoff, Kenneth E ^a   Kirk, Randolph L ^a   Fortezzo, Corey ^a   Russell, Patrick S ^a   McEwen, Alfred ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Mars; Polar Caps; Polar Geology

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549105290     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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