Water sorption on martian regolith analogs: Thermodynamics and near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy

Icarus

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-136

  Pommerol, Antoine ^a   Schmitt, Bernard ^a   Beck, Pierre ^a   Brissaud, Olivier ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Experimental techniques; Mars, surface; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349769171     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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