Ferric oxides in East Candor Chasma, Valles Marineris (Mars) inferred from analysis of OMEGA/Mars Express data: Identification and geological interpretation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Le Deit, Laetitia ^a   Le Mouélic, Stéphane ^a   Bourgeois, Olivier ^a   Combe, Jean Philippe ^b   Mège, Daniel ^a   Sotin, Christophe ^a,c   Gendrin, Aline ^d   Hauber, Ernst ^e   Mangold, Nicolas ^a,f   Bibring, Jean Pierre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b Bear Fight Center   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; DETECTION METHOD; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INFRARED IMAGERY; IRON OXIDE; MARS; MINERALOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 55049128961     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE002950     Document Type: Article

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