Effects of chemical weathering on infrared spectra of Columbia River Basalt and spectral interpretations of martian alteration

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 822-829

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

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alteration; Mars; Mineralogy; spectroscopy; weathering

Indexed keywords

THERMAL INFRARED SPECTRA; VISIBLE/NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

BASALT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MINERALOGY; WEATHERING;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

BASALT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MARS; MINERALOGY;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33747056029     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.06.034     Document Type: Article

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