Rock abundance on Mars from the Thermal Emission Spectrometer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Nowicki, S A ^a   Christensen, P R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; ROCK; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 34447333640     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JE002798     Document Type: Article

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