Assessing the limits of the Modified Gaussian Model for remote spectroscopic studies of pyroxenes on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 442-456

  Kanner, Lisa C ^a   Mustard, John F ^a   Gendrin, Aline ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared observations; Mars; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847409709     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.10.025     Document Type: Article

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