Ground ice in the martian regolith

Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 155-189

  Kuzmin, Ruslan O ^a  

^a VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Impact crater; Lunar planet; Martian surface; Regolith layer

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066010942     PISSN: 16108957     EISSN: 16131851     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-31538-4_7     Document Type: Chapter

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