Effects of pure silica coatings on thermal emission spectra of basaltic rocks: Considerations for Martian surface mineralogy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Kraft, Michael D ^a   Michalski, Joseph R ^a   Sharp, Thomas G ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; BASALT; CLAY; COATINGS; SILICA; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES; WEATHERING;

THERMAL EMISSIONS; THERMAL INFRARED (TIR) SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

COATING; MARS; MINERALOGY; PLANETARY SURFACE; SILICA; THERMAL INFRARED MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER;

EID: 1642617844     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018848     Document Type: Article

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