Internal structure of Planum Boreum, from Mars advanced radar for subsurface and ionospheric sounding data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Selvans, M M ^a   Plaut, J J ^b   Aharonson, O ^a   Safaeinili, A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; ICE; IONOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERE; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; RADAR IMAGERY; STRATIGRAPHY;

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EID: 77956520389     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003537     Document Type: Article

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