Planetary science: Radar soundings of the subsurface of Mars

Giovanni Picardi; Jeffrey J. Plaut; Daniela Biccari; Ornella Bombaci; Diego Calabrese; Marco Cartacci; Andrea Cicchetti; Stephen M. Clifford; Peter Edenhofer; William M. Farrell; Costanzo Federico; Alessandro Frigeri; Donald A. Gurnett; Tor Hagfors; Essam Heggy; Alain Herique; Richard L. Huff; Anton B. Ivanov; William T.K. Johnson; Rolando L. Jordan; Donald L. Kirchner; Wlodek Kofman; Carlton J. Leuschen; Erling Nielsen; Roberto Orosei; Elena Pettinelli; Roger J. Phillips; Dirk Plettemeier; Ali Safaeinili; Roberto Seu; Ellen R. Stofan; Giuliano Vannaroni; Thomas R. Watters; Enrico Zampolini

doi:10.1126/science.1122165

Planetary science: Radar soundings of the subsurface of Mars

Giovanni Picardi
, Jeffrey J. Plaut^*
, Daniela Biccari
, Ornella Bombaci
, Diego Calabrese
, Marco Cartacci
, Andrea Cicchetti
, Stephen M. Clifford
, Peter Edenhofer
, William M. Farrell
, Costanzo Federico
, Alessandro Frigeri
, Donald A. Gurnett
, Tor Hagfors
, Essam Heggy
, Alain Herique
, Richard L. Huff
, Anton B. Ivanov
, William T.K. Johnson
, Rolando L. Jordan

Donald L. Kirchner, Wlodek Kofman, Carlton J. Leuschen, Erling Nielsen, Roberto Orosei, Elena Pettinelli, Roger J. Phillips, Dirk Plettemeier, Ali Safaeinili, Roberto Seu, Ellen R. Stofan, Giuliano Vannaroni, Thomas R. Watters, Enrico Zampolini

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Rome La Sapienza
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Thales
Universities Space Research Association
Ruhr University Bochum
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
University of Perugia
University of Iowa
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
Laboratoire de Planetologie de Grenoble
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna
Roma Tre University
Washington University St. Louis
Technische Universität Dresden
Proxemy Research, Inc.
National Institute for Astrophysics
Smithsonian Institution

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Abstract

The martian subsurface has been probed to kilometer depths by the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding instrument aboard the Mars Express orbiter. Signals penetrate the polar layered deposits, probably imaging the base of the deposits. Data from the northern lowlands of Chryse Planitia have revealed a shallowly buried quasi-circular structure about 250 kilometers in diameter that is interpreted to be an impact basin. In addition, a planar reflector associated with the basin structure may indicate the presence of a low-loss deposit that is more than 1 kilometer thick.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1925-1928
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	310
Issue number	5756
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1122165
Publication status	Published - 23 Dec 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Picardi, G., Plaut, J. J., Biccari, D., Bombaci, O., Calabrese, D., Cartacci, M., Cicchetti, A., Clifford, S. M., Edenhofer, P., Farrell, W. M., Federico, C., Frigeri, A., Gurnett, D. A., Hagfors, T., Heggy, E., Herique, A., Huff, R. L., Ivanov, A. B., Johnson, W. T. K., ... Zampolini, E. (2005). Planetary science: Radar soundings of the subsurface of Mars. Science, 310(5756), 1925-1928. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1122165

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