Mars Odyssey neutron data: 2. Search for buried excess water ice deposits at nonpolar latitudes on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Feldman, William C ^a   Pathare, Asmin ^a   Maurice, Sylvestre ^b   Prettyman, Thomas H ^a   Lawrence, David J ^c   Milliken, Ralph E ^d   Travis, Bryan J ^e  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRATER; HYDROGEN; ICE; LATITUDE; MARS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGOLITH;

EID: 81755180757     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JE003806     Document Type: Article

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