Geomorphologic and mineralogie characterization of the northern plains of Mars at the Phoenix Mission candidate landing sites

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Seelos, K D ^a   Arvidson, R E ^b   Cull, S C ^b   Hash, C D ^c   Heet, T L ^b   Guinness, E A ^b   McGuire, P C ^b   Morris, R V ^d   Murchie, S L ^a   Parker, T J ^e   Roush, T L ^b,f   Seelos, F P ^a   Wolff, M J ^g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Applied Coherent Technology   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g Space Science Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRATER; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; IMAGING METHOD; IRON OXIDE; MARS; MINERALOGY; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TERRAIN;

PATERA;

EID: 67649229482     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003088     Document Type: Article

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