Spectral reflectance and morphologic correlations in eastern Terra Meridiani, Mars

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5715, 2005, Pages 1591-1594

  Arvidson, R E ^a   Poulet, F ^b   Bibring, J P ^b   Wolff, M ^c   Gendrin, A ^b   Morris, R V ^d   Freeman, J J ^a   Langevin, Y ^b   Mangold, N ^b   Bellucci, G ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ETCHING; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT REFLECTION; MINERALOGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ROCKS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; WATER;

AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; LAYERED ROCKS; MOLECULAR WATER; MORPHOLOGIC CORRELATIONS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

FERRIC OXIDE; WATER;

MARS; MINERALOGY; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; ROCK; SPACE FLIGHT;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MARS; MINERALS; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER;

EMMELICHTHYS STRUHSAKERI;

EID: 20144369355     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1109509     Document Type: Article

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