Composition and thermal inertia of the Mawrth Vallis region of Mars from TES and THEMIS data

Icarus

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-48

  Michalski, Joseph R ^a   Fergason, Robin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared observations; Mars; Mineralogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349178977     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.08.016     Document Type: Article

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