A study of low-albedo deposits within Amazonis Planitia craters: Evidence for locally derived ultramafic to mafic materials

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Stockstill Cahill, Karen R ^a   Anderson, F Scott ^a,b   Hamilton, Victoria E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ALTIMETER; CRATER; EOLIAN PROCESS; INFRARED IMAGERY; LAVA FLOW; MAFIC ROCK; MARS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

EID: 55049093971     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE003036     Document Type: Article

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