Detection of crystalline hematite mineralization on Mars by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer: Evidence for near-surface water

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E4, 2000, Pages 9623-9642

  Christensen, P R ^a   Bandfield, J L ^a   Clark, R N ^b   Edgett, K S ^c   Hamilton, V E ^a   Hoefen, T ^b   Kieffer, H H ^b   Kuzmin, R O ^d   Lane, M D ^e   Malin, M C ^c   Morris, R V ^e   Pearl, J C ^f   Pearson, R ^b   Roush, T L ^g   Ruff, S W ^a   Smith, M D ^f  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^d VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^e NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMATITE; MARS; MINERALIZATION; SPECTROMETRY; WATER;

EID: 0033781204     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001093     Document Type: Article

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