The Cyborg Astrobiologist: Scouting red beds for uncommon features with geological significance

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-113

  Mcguire, Patrick Charles ^a,b   Díaz Martínez, Enrique ^c,d   Ormö, Jens ^a   Gómez Elvira, Javier ^a   Antonio Rodríguez Manfredi, José ^a   Sebastián Martínez, Eduardo ^a   Ritter, Helge ^e   Haschke, Robert ^e   Oesker, Markus ^e   Ontrup, Jörg ^e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^d CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^e BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

co occurrence histograms; computer vision; concretions; field geology; image segmentation; interest map; Mars; Meridiani Planum; nodules; red beds; red sandstones; reduction spheroids; robotics; Triassic period; uncommon map; wearable computers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548715873     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550405002533     Document Type: Article

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