Mars surface diversity as revealed by the OMEGA/Mars express observations

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5715, 2005, Pages 1576-1581

  Bibring, Jean Pierre ^a   Langevin, Yves ^a   Gendrin, Aline ^a   Gondet, Brigitte ^a   Poulet, François ^a   Berthé, Michel ^a   Soufflot, Alain ^a   Arvidson, Ray ^b   Mangold, Nicolas ^c   Mustard, John ^d   Drossart, P ^e   Erard, Stéphane ^a   Fomi, Olivier ^a   Combes, Michel ^e   Encrenaz, Thérèse ^e   Fouchet, Thierry ^e   Merchiorri, Riccardo ^e   Belluci, GianCarlo ^f   Altieri, Francesca ^f   Formisano, Vittorio ^f   Bonello, Guillaume ^g   Capaccioni, Fabricio ^g   Cerroni, Pricilla ^g   Coradini, Angioletta ^g   Fonti, Sergio ^h   Kottsov, Volodia ⁱ   Ignatiev, Nikolai ⁱ   Moroz, Vassili ⁱ   Titov, Dimitri ⁱ   Zasova, Ludmilla ⁱ   Pinet, Patrick ^j   Douté, Sylvain ^k   Schmitt, Bernard ^k   Sotin, Christophe ^l   Hauber, Ernst ^m   Hoffmann, Harald ^m   Jaumann, Ralf ^m   Keller, Uwe ⁿ   Duxbury, Tom ^o   Forget, François ^p   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Intrac Dynamique Environnements S   (France)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^f INAF   (Italy)

^g INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

ⁱ IKI ^*  (Russian Federation)

^j OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^k Lab de Planetologie de Grenoble   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^m Deutschen Zentrum F Luft and R   (Germany)

ⁿ Max Planck Inst F S   (Germany)

^o CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^p LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CARBONATES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FROST EFFECTS; ICE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED RADIATION; OBSERVATORIES; SILICATES; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

MARS EXPRESS MISSION; MARS SURFACE DIVERSITY; NEAR INFRARED HYPERSPECTRAL REFLECTANCE IMAGERY; WATER-ICE COMPOSITION;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ICE; IRON; MINERAL; SILICATE; SULFATE; WATER;

MARS; MINERALOGY; PLANETARY LANDFORM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; MINERALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DRY ICE; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MARS; MINERALS; SILICATES; SPACECRAFT; WATER;

EID: 20144365375     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1108806     Document Type: Article

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