SUBGLACIAL LAKES ON MARS: AN ANTARCTIC ANALOGUE?

There are many indications of liquid water being present at the surface early in the history of Mars, but at present, the surface pressure at Mars is too low to allow liquid water to be stable. Today, the polar caps constitute the largest known reservoirs of water ice on Mars. Possible reservoirs of...

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Main Author: Frank Pattyn
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.508.1037
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