Martian polar and circum-polar sulfate-bearing deposits: Sublimation tills derived from the North Polar Cap

Icarus

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 434-451

  Masse M ^a   Bourgeois, O ^a   Le Mouelic S ^a   Verpoorter, C ^a,b   Le Deit, L ^a,c   Bibring, J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UMR LOG 8187 ^*  (France)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Ices, IR spectroscopy; Mars, Polar caps; Mars, Polar geology; Mars, Surface; Mineralogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956341615     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.04.017     Document Type: Article

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