Hydrated mineral stratigraphy of Ius Chasma, Valles Marineris

Icarus

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 253-268

  Roach, Leah H ^a   Mustard, John F ^a   Swayze, Gregg ^b   Milliken, Ralph E ^c   Bishop, Janice L ^d   Murchie, Scott L ^e   Lichtenberg, Kim ^f  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars, Surface; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949091122     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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