Spectral evidence for weathered basalt as an alternative to andesite in the northern lowlands of Mars

Nature

Volumn 417, Issue 6886, 2002, Pages 263-266

  Wyatt, Michael B ^a   McSween Jr , Harry Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; LITHOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

MINERAL; WATER;

BASALT; LITHOLOGY; MARS; MINERALOGY; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BASALT; CLIMATE; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0037118033     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/417263a     Document Type: Article

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