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MARSIS probes Medusae Fossae Formation
Del Palmer
post Nov 1 2007, 09:47 PM
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MARSIS finds the Medusae Fossae Formation to be massive deposits more than 2.5 km thick in places.

Ash, dust, or ice deposits? Dielectric constant measurements hint at ice...

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2007-126


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post Nov 2 2007, 08:49 AM
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QUOTE (Del Palmer @ Nov 1 2007, 10:47 PM) *
MARSIS finds the Medusae Fossae Formation to be massive deposits more than 2.5 km thick in places.

Ash, dust, or ice deposits? Dielectric constant measurements hint at ice...

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2007-126


The preprint of the Science paper "Radar Sounding of the Medusae Fossae Formation Mars: Equatorial Ice or Dry, Low-Density Deposits?" is available http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1148112


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post Apr 19 2008, 11:29 PM
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Mars radar opens up a planet’s third dimension
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMIF74XQEF_0.html

Interesting animation in the latest press release.
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post Apr 20 2008, 02:16 PM
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Neat images, but a minor quibble. The image comparing the MARSIS and SHARAD images of the same region show only a single nadir track. It apparently is for the MarsExpress MARSIS image; the MRO SHARAD image gives a sufficiently different surface contour that it must have had a different nadir track.

Nonetheless, great insights into the planet's glacial geology.

Steve M

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