Silica-rich deposits and hydrated minerals at Gusev Crater, Mars: Vis-NIR spectral characterization and regional mapping

Icarus

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 375-395

  Rice, M S ^a   Bell III, J F ^a   Cloutis, E A ^b   Wang, A ^c   Ruff, S W ^d   Craig, M A ^e   Bailey, D T ^b   Johnson, J R ^f   de Souza Jr , P A ^g   Farrand, W H ^h  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

^h Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars, Surface; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149145403     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.03.035     Document Type: Article

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