Shallow Radar (SHARAD), pedestal craters, and the lost Martian layers: Initial assessments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Nunes, Daniel Cahn ^a   Smrekar, Suzanne E ^a   Fisher, Brian ^b   Plaut, Jeffrey J ^a   Holt, John W ^c   Head, James W ^d   Kadish, Seth J ^d   Phillips, Roger J ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ICE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LATITUDE; MARS; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR IMAGERY; SILICATE;

HYDROIDA;

EID: 79955050439     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003690     Document Type: Article

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