South Pole of Mars: Nature and composition of the icy terrains from Mars Express OMEGA observations

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 113-133

  Douté, Sylvain ^a   Schmitt, Bernard ^a   Langevin, Y ^b   Bibring, J P ^b   Altieri, F ^c   Bellucci, G ^c   Gondet, B ^b   Poulet, F ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c INAF   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ices; Imaging spectroscopy; Mars; Polar regions

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PLANETS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY; POLAR REGIONS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33845682121     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.05.035     Document Type: Article

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