Basaltic andesite, altered basalt, and a TES-based search for smectite clay minerals on Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Ruff, Steve W ^a   Christensen, P R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERED BASALT; BASALTIC ANDESITE; MARS; SMECTITE CLAY MINERALS; THERMAL EMISSION SPECTROMETER (TES);

BASALT; CLAY MINERALS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MINERALOGY; SPECTROMETERS;

PLANETS;

ANDESITE; BASALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLAY MINERAL; MARS; OLIVINE; SILICA; SMECTITE;

EID: 34447512454     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029602     Document Type: Article

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