Phyllosilicates in the Mawrth Vallis region of Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Loizeau, Damien ^a   Mangold, Nicolas ^a   Poulet, François ^b   Bibring, Jean Pierre ^b   Gendrin, A ^b   Ansan, V ^a   Gomez, C ^b   Gondet, Brigitte ^b   Langevin, Yves ^b   Masson, P ^a   Neukum, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARS; OUTCROP; PHYLLOSILICATE; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 35348986081     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JE002877     Document Type: Article

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