The 1997 Spring Regression of the Martia
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P.B. James; B.A. Cantor; M.C. Malin; K. Edgett; M.H. Carr; G.E. Danielson; A.P.
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The Mars Orbiter cameras (MOC) on Mars Global Surveyor observed the south polar cap of Mars during its spring recession in 1997. The images acquired by the wide angle cameras reveal a pattern of recession that is qualitatively similar to that observed by Viking in 1977 but that does differ in at lea