A Widespread Radar-transparent Layer Detected by Sharad in Arcadia Planitia,
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MARS. J. J Plaut 1 , A. Safaeinili 1 , B. A. Campbell 2 , R. J. Phillips 3 , N. E. Putzig 3 , D. C. Nunes 1 , R. Seu 4 . 1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109 ([email protected]), 2 Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, 3 Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, 4 INFOCOM Department, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” 00184 Rome, Italy.
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