Thermal Emission Spectrometer hyperspectral analyses of proposed paleolake basins on Mars: No evidence for in-place carbonates

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-23

  Stockstill, Karen R ^a,b,c   Moersch, Jeffrey E ^a   Ruff, Steven W ^d   Baldridge, Alice ^d   Farmer, Jack ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; MARS;

EID: 28444450533     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002353     Document Type: Article

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