Evidence for enhanced hydration on the northern flank of Olympus Mons, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 361-377

  Bellucci, Giancarlo ^a   Helbert, Joern ^b   Altieri, Francesca ^a   Reiss, Dennis ^c   Bibring, Jean Pierre ^d   van Gasselt, Stephan ^e   Hoffmann, Harald ^b   Langevin, Yves ^d   Neukum, Gerhard ^e   Poulet, François ^d  

^a INAF   (Italy)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ices; Mars; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549048319     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.07.019     Document Type: Article

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