Evidence for Mg-rich carbonates on Mars from a 3.9 μm absorption feature

Icarus

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-65

  Palomba, Ernesto ^a   Zinzi, Angelo ^a,b   Cloutis, Edward A ^c   D'Amore, Mario ^a   Grassi, Davide ^a   Maturilli, Alessandro ^d  

^a INAF   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Infrared observations; Mars; Mineralogy; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749114004     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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