The State and Future of Mars Polar Scien
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Stephen M. Clifford; David Crisp; David A. Fisher; Ken E. Herkenhoff; Suzanne E.
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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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As the planet's principal cold traps, the martian polar regions have accumulated extensive mantles of ice and dust that cover individual areas of βΌ10 6 km 2 and total as much as 3-4 km thick. From the scarcity of superposed craters on their surface, these layered deposits are thought to be comparati