Surface mineralogy of Martian low-albedo regions from MGS-TES data: Implications for upper crustal evolution and surface alteration

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Rogers, A Deanne ^a   Christensen, Philip R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLINOPYROXENE; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; MARS; MINERALOGY; PLAGIOCLASE; UPPER CRUST;

PHYMATA;

EID: 33947404400     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JE002727     Document Type: Article

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