Reading the climate record of the martian polar layered deposits

Icarus

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 405-419

  Hvidberg, C S ^a   Fishbaugh, K E ^b   Winstrup, M ^a   Svensson, A ^a   Byrne, S ^c   Herkenhoff, K E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars, atmosphere; Mars, climate; Mars, polar caps; Mars, polar geology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866147925     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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