Mineralogy of Terra Meridiani and western Arabia Terra from OMEGA/MEx and implications for their formation

Icarus

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-130

  Poulet, F ^a   Arvidson, R E ^b   Gomez, C ^a   Morris, R V ^c   Bibring, J P ^a   Langevin, Y ^a   Gondet, B ^a   Griffes, J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049110974     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.11.031     Document Type: Article

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