Mineralogical composition of sands in Meridiani Planum determined from Mars Exploration Rover data and comparison to orbital measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Rogers, A D ^a,b   Aharonson, O ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MARS; MINERALOGY; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; ORBITAL FORCING; SAND;

EID: 49849084882     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE002995     Document Type: Article

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