Evidence from HRSC Mars Express for a Frozen Sea Close to Mars' Equator
Abstract
We present evidence for a presently-existing frozen sea, with surface pack-ice, at 5° N, 150° E, age c. 5 million years. It measures c. 800 x 900 km and averages c. 45 m deep. It has probably been protected from complete sublimation by ash and a sublimation lag of exposed sediment.
- Publication:
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36th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2005
- Bibcode:
- 2005LPI....36.1741M