SHARAD observations of recent geologic features on Mars
Abstract
The Shallow Radar (SHARAD) instrument on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) observes a variety of recent features on Mars, including deposits of water ice at both poles and in the mid-latitudes, solid CO2 in the south polar region, and volcanics in the tropics and mid-latitudes. SHARAD's view of subsurface layers sheds light on the history of deposition and erosion in these terrains, with implications for the cycle of volatile exchange and for recent volcanism.
- Publication:
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EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011
- Pub Date:
- October 2011
- Bibcode:
- 2011epsc.conf.1591P