Large asymmetric polar scarps on Planum Australe, Mars: Characterization and evolution

Icarus

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-109

  Grima, Cyril ^a   Costard, François ^b   Kofman, Wlodek ^a   Saint Bézar, Bertrand ^b   Servain, Anthony ^a   Rémy, Frédérique ^c   Mouginot, Jérémie ^d   Herique, Alain ^a   Seu, Roberto ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CNES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ices; Mars, Polar caps; Mars, Polar geology; Radar observations; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952004741     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.12.017     Document Type: Article

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