Estimated detectability limits of iron-substituted montmorillonite clay on Mars from thermal emission spectra of clay-palagonite physical mixtures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 101, Issue E11, 1996, Pages 26111-26118

  Roush, Ted L ^a,b   Orenberg, James B ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALOGY; MINERAL IDENTIFICATION; MONTMORILLONITE; PALAGONITE; THERMAL EMISSION;

MARS;

EID: 0030441695     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JE02863     Document Type: Article

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