New Radar Evidence for Glaciers in Mars Phlegra Montes Region
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Holt, J. Plaut, L. Posiolova, R. Phillips, J.W. Head, R. Seu and the SHARAD team Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 91109, [email protected]; University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78758 USA; Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego California; Planetary Science Directorate, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302 USA; Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brown Univ., Providence, RI 02912 USA; InfoCom, University of Rome, “La Sapienza,” 00184 Rome, Italy.
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