Reflectance spectroscopy and geochemical analyses of Lake Hoare sediments, Antarctica: Implications for remote sensing of the Earth and Mars

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 765-785

  Bishop, Janice L ^a   Koeberl, Christian ^b   Kralik, Claudia ^b   Fröschl, Heinz ^c   Englert, Peter A J ^d   Andersen, David W ^e   Pieters, Carlé M ^f   Wharton Jr , Robert A ^g  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^e SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; ELEMENT; FRESH WATER; MINERAL; OXYGEN;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-80; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-80; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; EARTH (PLANET); ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARS; MINERALS; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

CHRISTIANSEN FEATURE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INFRARED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LAKE SEDIMENT; REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REMOTE SENSING; XRD;

ANTARCTICA, DRY VALLEYS, LAKE HOARE;

EID: 0029657726     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(95)00432-7     Document Type: Article

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