Subsurface Structure of the South Polar Layered
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1 , N. E. Putzig 1 , J. W. Head 2 , A . F. Egan 1 , J. J. Plaut 3 , A. Safaeinili 3 , S. E. Smrekar 3 , S. M. Milkovich 3 , D. C. Nunes, B. A. Campbell 4 , L. M. Carter 4 , J. W. Holt 5 , R. Seu 6 , and R. Orosei 7 ; 1 Planetary Science Directorate, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302 USA; ([email protected]); 2 Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brown Univ., Providence, RI 02912 USA; 3 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA; 4 Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560 USA; 5 University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78758 USA; 6 INFOCOM Department, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” 00184 Rome, Italy; 7 Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, I-00133 Rome, Italy.
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