Geophysical Field Investigation of a Potential Hyper-arid Desert Analog to Mars: the Western Desert of Egypt
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MARS: THE WESTERN DESERT OF EGYPT. C. L. Dinwiddie, S. K. Sandberg, R. N. McGinnis, and R. E. Grimm, Department of Earth, Material, and Planetary Sciences, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238 ([email protected]), 116 Sycamore St. NE, No.6, Albuquerque, NM 87106, Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut St., No.400, Boulder CO 80302.
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