MARSIS Subsurface Sounding Observations of the South Polar Layered Deposits of Mars

Jeffrey Plaut (1) , Giovanni Picardi (2) , Andrea Cicchetti (2) , Stephen Clifford (3) , Peter Edenhofer (4) , William Farrell (5) , Costanzo Federico (6) , Alessandro Frigeri (6) , Essam Heggy (3) , Alain Hérique (7) , Anton Ivanov (1) , Rolando Jordan (1) , Wlodek Kofman (7) , Carlton Leuschen (8) , L. Marinangeli (9) , Erling Nielsen (10) , G. Ori (9) , R. Orosei (11) , Elena Pettinelli (12) , Roger Phillips (13) , Dirk Plettemeier (14) , Ali Safaeinili (1) , Roberto Seu (2) , Ellen Stofan (15) , Giuliano Vannaroni (16) , Thomas Watters (17) , I. Williams (18)

1 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2 Dipartimento INFOCOM [Roma]
3 LPI - Lunar and Planetary Institute [Houston]
4 Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik
5 GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
6 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
7 LPG - Laboratoire de Planétologie de Grenoble
8 APL - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD]
9 IRSPS - International Research School of Planetary Sciences [Pescara]
10 MPS - Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
11 IASF-Roma - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica - Roma
12 Dipartimento di Fisica
13 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences [St Louis]
14 Fakultaet fuer Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik
15 Proxemy Research Inc
16 IFSI - Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario
17 CEPS - Center for Earth and Planetary Studies [Washington]
18 AU - Astronomy Unit [London]

MARSIS on Mars Express has observed the south polar layered deposits with subsurface sounding radar. The radar penetrates to the base of the deposits and detects multiple internal layers.

Jeffrey Plaut, Giovanni Picardi, Andrea Cicchetti, Stephen Clifford, Peter Edenhofer, et al.. MARSIS Subsurface Sounding Observations of the South Polar Layered Deposits of Mars. 37th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2006, Houston, United States. pp. 2. ⟨insu-00357144⟩