Radar penetrates only the youngest geological units on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Stillman, David E ^a   Grimm, Robert E ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; MARS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADAR; SMECTITE;

EID: 79952551946     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003661     Document Type: Article

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