The MARS Journal Vol 4, pp 1-13 - Integrating GPR and CCRI techniques: Implications for the identification and mapping of ground ice on Mars

View of Athabasca glacier from its southern lateral moraine where the merging of GPR and CCRI was successfully tested.
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Integrating GPR and CCRI techniques: Implications for the identification and mapping of ground ice on Mars

Pablo A. Wainstein¹, Jean-Michel Wan Bun Tseung¹, Brian J. Moorman^1,2 and Christopher W. Stevens¹
¹Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
²Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Citation: Mars 4, 1-13, 2008; doi:10.1555/mars.2008.0001

History: Submitted: April 23, 2007; Reviewed: July 2, 2007; Revised: October 3, 2007; Reviewed: November 23, 2007; Revised: January 10, 2007; Accepted: January 31, 2008; Published: April 14, 2008

Summary: Our results show that GPR and CCRI techniques effectively complement each other by resolving different characteristics of the subsurface. While GPR clearly showed the subsurface structures and interfaces, CCRI provided diagnostic information about the subsurface lithologies.

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