"The Surface of Mars"
Magazine article
By: Raymond E. Arvidson, Alan B. Binder, and Kenneth L. Jones
Date: March 1978
Source: Arvidson, Raymond E., Alan B. Binder, and Kenneth L. Jones. "The Surface of Mars." Scientific American, March 1978, 76, 81–83.
About the Authors: Raymond Ernest Arvidson (1948–) was born in Brooklyn, New York, and received a Ph.D. in geology from Brown University in 1974. Between 1974 and 1984, he taught at Brown University. In 1984, he became professor of earth and planetary science at Washington University in St. Louis, being promoted to department chair in 1991.
Alan B. Binder (1939–) was born in San Diego, California, and received a Ph.D. in geology from the University of Arizona. He is a research scientist at the University of Kiel in Germany, where he specializes in examining lunar rock. Kenneth Lester Jones (1905–) was born in Keweenaw Bay,...
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