Ground ice at the Phoenix landing site: Stability state and origin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Mellon, Michael T ^e   Arvidson, Raymond E ^a   Sizemore, Hanna G ^e   Searls, Mindi L ^e   Blaney, Diana L ^b   Cull, Selby ^a   Hecht, Michael H ^b   Heet, Tabatha L ^a   Keller, H Uwe ^c   Lemmon, Mark T ^d   Markiewicz, Wojciech J ^c   Ming, Douglas W ^f   Morris, Richard V ^f   Pike, W Thomas ^g   Zent, Aaron P ^h  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; LATITUDE; MARS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLANETARY SURFACE; SATELLITE MISSION;

EID: 76849092899     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003417     Document Type: Article

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