Radar imagery of Mercury's putative polar ice: 1999-2005 Arecibo results

Icarus

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-50

  Harmon, John K ^a   Slade, Martin A ^b   Rice, Melissa S ^c  

^a National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ices; Mercury; Mercury, Surface; Radar observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650961517     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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