MARSIS Subsurface Sounding Observations of the South Polar Region of Mars

• Main Authors: Plaut, Jeffrey, Picardi, Giovanni, Cicchetti, Andrea, Clifford, Stephen, Edenhofer, Peter, Farrell, William, Federico, Costanzo, Frigeri, Alessandro, Heggy, Essam, Hérique, Alain, Ivanov, Anton, Jordan, Rolando, Kofman, Wlodek, Leuschen, Carlton, Milkovich, S., Mouginot, Jeremie, Nielsen, Erling, Orosei, R., Pettinelli, Elena, Phillips, Roger, Plettemeier, Dirk, Safaeinili, Ali, Seu, Roberto, Stofan, Ellen, Vannaroni, Giuliano, Watters, Thomas, Williams, I.
• Other Authors: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Dipartimento INFOCOM Roma, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" = Sapienza University Rome (UNIROMA), Lunar and Planetary Institute Houston (LPI), Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Ruhr University Bochum = Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Perugia = University of Perugia (UNIPG), Laboratoire de Planétologie de Grenoble (LPG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, MD (APL), Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung = Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica - Roma (IASF-Roma), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Dipartimento di Fisica, University of Rome 3, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences St Louis, Washington University in Saint Louis (WUSTL), Fakultaet fuer Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Technische Universität Dresden = Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden), Proxemy Research Inc, Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario (IFSI), National Research Council of Italy, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies Washington (CEPS), Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution-Smithsonian Institution, Astronomy Unit London (AU), Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2006
• Subjects: Polar Science
• Online Access: https://insu.hal.science/insu-00358807

International audience The MARSIS radar sounder on Mars Express completed a comprehensive mapping campaign of the south polar region. The radar signal typically penetrates to the base of the layered deposits. Terrain outside of the classic layered deposits also exhibits layering in the radar data.