Thermal emission spectroscopy of the silica polymorphs and considerations for remote sensing of Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2003, Pages

  Michalski, Joseph R ^a   Kraft, Michael D ^a   Diedrich, Tamara ^a   Sharp, Thomas G ^a   Christensen, Philip R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANETS; ROCKS; SILICA; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

THERMAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

REMOTE SENSING;

MARS; MINERALOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SILICA; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 17744417234     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018354     Document Type: Article

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