Thermal properties of sand from Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) and Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS): Spatial variations within the Proctor Crater dune field on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Fenton, Lori K ^a   Mellon, Michael T ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DUNE FIELD; IMAGING METHOD; MARS; PLANET; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 33750618672     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002363     Document Type: Article

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