The evolution of the albedo of dark spots observed on Mars polar region

Icarus

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 816-830

  Martinez G M ^a   Renno, N O ^a   Elliott, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Exobiology; Ices; Image processing; Mars, polar geology; Mars, surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869065857     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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