Spectral evidence for zeolite in the dust on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-143

  Ruff, Steven W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars, surface; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842484433     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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