Phoenix soil physical properties investigation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Shaw, Amy ^a   Arvidson, Raymond E ^a   Bonitz, Robert ^b   Carsten, Joseph ^b   Keller, H U ^e   Lemmon, Mark T ^c   Mellon, Michael T ^d   Robinson, Matthew ^b   Trebi Ollennu, Ashitey ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING METHOD; MARS; PLANETARY SATELLITE; PLANETARY SURFACE; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 76849097069     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003455     Document Type: Article

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