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Del Palmer
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
Paolo
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
alan
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.
SteveM
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

Edited to correct text and image
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