Investigation of water signatures at gully-exposed sites on Mars by hyperspectral image analysis

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-104

  Fan, Chaojun ^a   Schulze Makuch, Dirk ^a   Xie, Hongjie ^b   Lu, Ning ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption depth; Gully; Hyperspectral image; Mars; Water signature

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUID MECHANICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULES; WATER ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION BANDS; ABSORPTION DEPTH; GULLY; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUID WATERS; MARS; MARS GLOBAL SURVEYORS; SLOPED SURFACES; SURROUNDING AREAS; WATER ICES; WATER MOLECULES;

WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 58149479415     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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