Morphology and composition of the surface of Mars: Mars Odyssey THEMIS results

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5628, 2003, Pages 2056-2061

  Christensen, Philip R ^a   Bandfield, Joshua L ^a   Bell III, James F ^b   Gorelick, Noel ^a   Hamilton, Victoria E ^c   Ivanov, Anton ^d   Jakosky, Bruce M ^e   Kieffer, Hugh H ^f   Lane, Melissa D ^g   Malin, Michael C ^h   McConnochie, Timothy ^b   McEwen, Alfred S ⁱ   McSween Jr , Harry Y ^j   Mehall, Greg L ^a   Moersch, Jeffery E ^j   Nealson, Kenneth H ^k   Rice Jr , James W ^a   Richardson, Mark I ^l   Ruff, Steven W ^a   Smith, Michael D ^m   Titus, Timothy N ^f   Wyatt, Michael B ^a   more..

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^m NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LITHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

WAVELENGTH IMAGES;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

IMAGING METHOD; LITHOLOGY; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE;

ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DUST; ENVIRONMENT; HEAT; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFRARED RADIATION; MINERALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; MARS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 12444268458     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1080885     Document Type: Article

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