Accumulation and Erosion of Mars' South Polar Layered Deposits

Roberto Seu; Roger J. Phillips; Giovanni Alberti; Daniela Biccari; Francesco Bonaventura; Marco Bortone; Diego Calabrese; Bruce A. Campbell; Marco Cartacci; Lynn M. Carter; Claudio Catallo; Anna Croce; Renato Croci; Marco Cutigni; Antonio Di Placido; Salvatore Dinardo; Costanzo Federico; Enrico Flamini; Franco Fois; Alessandro Frigeri; Oreste Fuga; Emanuele Giacomoni; Yonggyu Gim; Mauro Guelfi; John W. Holt; Wlodek Kofman; Carlton J. Leuschen; Lucia Marinangeli; Paolo Marras; Arturo Masdea; Stefania Mattei; Riccardo Mecozzi; Sarah M. Milkovich; Antonio Morlupi; Jérémie Mouginot; Roberto Orosei; Claudio Papa; Tobia Paternò; Paolo Persi del Marmo; Elena Pettinelli; Giulia Pica; Giovanni Picardi; Jeffrey J. Plaut; Marco Provenziani; Nathaniel E. Putzig; Federica Russo; Ali Safaeinili; Giuseppe Salzillo; Maria Rosaria Santovito; Suzanne E. Smrekar; Barbara Tattarletti; Danilo Vicari

doi:10.1126/science.1144120

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Accumulation and Erosion of Mars' South Polar Layered Deposits

Roberto Seu1,*,
Roger J. Phillips2,
Giovanni Alberti3,
Daniela Biccari1,
Francesco Bonaventura4,
Marco Bortone3,
Diego Calabrese5,
Bruce A. Campbell6,
Marco Cartacci1,
Lynn M. Carter6,
Claudio Catallo5,
Anna Croce5,
Renato Croci5,
Marco Cutigni1,
Antonio Di Placido4,
Salvatore Dinardo3,
Costanzo Federico7,
Enrico Flamini8,
Franco Fois5,
Alessandro Frigeri7,
Oreste Fuga1,
Emanuele Giacomoni1,
Yonggyu Gim9,
Mauro Guelfi5,
John W. Holt10,
Wlodek Kofman11,
Carlton J. Leuschen12,
Lucia Marinangeli13,
Paolo Marras4,
Arturo Masdea1,
Stefania Mattei3,
Riccardo Mecozzi5,
Sarah M. Milkovich9,
Antonio Morlupi4,
Jérémie Mouginot11,
Roberto Orosei14,
Claudio Papa3,
Tobia Paternò4,
Paolo Persi del Marmo1,
Elena Pettinelli15,
Giulia Pica3,
Giovanni Picardi1,
Jeffrey J. Plaut9,
Marco Provenziani1,
Nathaniel E. Putzig2,
Federica Russo1,
Ali Safaeinili9,
Giuseppe Salzillo3,
Maria Rosaria Santovito3,
Suzanne E. Smrekar9,
Barbara Tattarletti4,
Danilo Vicari4

¹ Dipartimento INFOCOM, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” I-00184 Rome, Italy.
² Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
³ Consorzio di Ricerca Sistemi di Telesensori Avanzati, I-80125 Naples, Italy.
⁴ Info Solution Spa, I-00131 Rome, Italy.
⁵ Thales Alenia Space Italia, I-00131 Rome, Italy.
⁶ Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013–7012, USA.
⁷ Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy.
⁸ Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, I-00198 Rome, Italy.
⁹ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.
¹⁰ University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78758, USA.
¹¹ CNRS and Université Joseph Fourier, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
¹² University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045–7612, USA.
¹³ International Research School of Planetary Sciences, I-65127 Pescara, Italy.
¹⁴ Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, I-00133 Rome, Italy.
¹⁵ Università Roma Tre, I-00146 Rome, Italy.

↵* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: roberto.seu{at}uniroma1.it

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Science 21 Sep 2007:
Vol. 317, Issue 5845, pp. 1715-1718
DOI: 10.1126/science.1144120

Roberto Seu

Dipartimento INFOCOM, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” I-00184 Rome, Italy.

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Roger J. Phillips

Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.

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Giovanni Alberti

Consorzio di Ricerca Sistemi di Telesensori Avanzati, I-80125 Naples, Italy.

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Daniela Biccari

Dipartimento INFOCOM, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” I-00184 Rome, Italy.

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Francesco Bonaventura

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Marco Bortone

Consorzio di Ricerca Sistemi di Telesensori Avanzati, I-80125 Naples, Italy.

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Diego Calabrese

Thales Alenia Space Italia, I-00131 Rome, Italy.

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Bruce A. Campbell

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013–7012, USA.

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Marco Cartacci

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Lynn M. Carter

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Claudio Catallo

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Anna Croce

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Renato Croci

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Marco Cutigni

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Antonio Di Placido

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Salvatore Dinardo

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Costanzo Federico

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Enrico Flamini

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Franco Fois

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Alessandro Frigeri

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Oreste Fuga

Dipartimento INFOCOM, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” I-00184 Rome, Italy.

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Emanuele Giacomoni

Dipartimento INFOCOM, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” I-00184 Rome, Italy.

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Yonggyu Gim

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.

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Mauro Guelfi

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John W. Holt

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78758, USA.

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Wlodek Kofman

CNRS and Université Joseph Fourier, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.

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Carlton J. Leuschen

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045–7612, USA.

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Lucia Marinangeli

International Research School of Planetary Sciences, I-65127 Pescara, Italy.

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Paolo Marras

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Arturo Masdea

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Stefania Mattei

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Riccardo Mecozzi

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Sarah M. Milkovich

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Antonio Morlupi

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Jérémie Mouginot

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Roberto Orosei

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Claudio Papa

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Tobia Paternò

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Paolo Persi del Marmo

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Elena Pettinelli

Università Roma Tre, I-00146 Rome, Italy.

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Giulia Pica

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Giovanni Picardi

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Jeffrey J. Plaut

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.

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Marco Provenziani

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Nathaniel E. Putzig

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Federica Russo

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Ali Safaeinili

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.

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Giuseppe Salzillo

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Maria Rosaria Santovito

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Suzanne E. Smrekar

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Barbara Tattarletti

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Danilo Vicari

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