STRATIGRAPHICAL EVIDENCE OF ELYSIUM SEA ICE FROM HiRISE
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th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ( 2009 )
Introduction: During the Viking era, Mars' recent climatic history was held to be cold and dry with little evidence for long-lived liquid water near the surface; signs of a past wetter, warmer climate were confined to ancient Noachian or Hesperian-aged terrains. However, data from recent Mars missions have revealed contemporary near-surface water-ice to be abundant at high latitudes [1, 2], and...
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