Could Mars be dark and altered?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1597-1600

  Calvin, Wendy M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; PLANETS; SILICATES; SPACE RESEARCH; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

DARK LAYERS; DARK REGION; LIFE FORM; PRESENCE OF WATER; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; VOLATILE INVENTORY; VOLCANIC MATERIALS;

SILICATES; GEOCHEMISTRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

PLANET MARS; REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

GEOCHEMICAL WEATHERING; MARTIAN ALBEDO; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 0032523641     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01255     Document Type: Article

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