Stratigraphy in the Mawrth Vallis region through OMEGA, HRSC color imagery and DTM

Icarus

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 396-418

  Loizeau, D ^a,b   Mangold, N ^c   Poulet, F ^a   Ansan, V ^c   Hauber, E ^d   Bibring, J P ^a   Gondet, B ^a   Langevin, Y ^a   Masson, P ^b   Neukum, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infrared observations; Mars, Surface; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 75449098834     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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