Mineralogical composition, structure, morphology, and geological history of Aram Chaos crater fill on Mars derived from OMEGA Mars Express data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Massé, Marion ^a   Le Mouelic S ^a   Bourgeois, O ^a   Combe, J P ^b   Le Deit, L ^a   Sotin, C ^c   Bibring, J P ^d   Gondet, B ^d   Langevin, Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b Bear Fight Center   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRATER; DOME; MARS; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PLANETARY LANDFORM; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 62549121577     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003131     Document Type: Article

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