Evidence of Buried Basins in the Northern Lowlands of Mars from the Marsis Radar Sounder
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RADAR SOUNDER. T. R. Watters, C.J. Leuschen, J.J. Plaut, G. Picardi, A. Safaeinili, S.M. Clifford, W.M. Farrell, A.B. Ivanov, R.J. Phillips, E.R. Stofan and the MARSIS Science Team, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560 ([email protected]); Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109; Infocom Department, “La Sapienza” University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy; Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd., Houston TX 77058; NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD 20771; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130; Proxemy Research, Laytonsville, MD 20882.
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