Surface-compositional properties of the Malea Planum region of the Circum-Hellas Volcanic Province, Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 294, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 451-465

  Williams, David A ^a   Greeley, Ronald ^a   Manfredi, Leon ^a   Fergason, Robin L ^b   Combe, Jean Phillipe ^c   Poulet, François ^d   Pinet, Patrick ^e   Rosemberg, Christine ^e   Clenet, Harold ^e   McCord, Thomas B ^c   Raitala, Jouko ^f   Neukum, Gerhard ^g  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Bear Fight Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^g FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basalts; HRSC; Mars volcanism; OMEGA; Spectroscopy; TES; THEMIS

Indexed keywords

AGE DIFFERENCES; COMPOSITIONAL PROPERTIES; HIGH-CALCIUM PYROXENES; HIGH-RESOLUTION STEREO CAMERAS; HIGHER LATITUDES; HRSC; LOCAL VARIATIONS; LOW-CALCIUM PYROXENES; POTENTIAL CHANGE; REGIONAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE MATERIALS; THERMAL EMISSION IMAGING SYSTEM; THERMAL EMISSION SPECTROMETERS; THERMAL INERTIA; VOLCANIC MATERIALS;

BASALT; CALCIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPOSITS; GALLIUM; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OLIVINE; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; VOLCANOES;

SURFACES;

CALDERA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EOLIAN PROCESS; MARS; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; PERMAFROST; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VOLCANIC LANDFORM; VOLCANISM;

EID: 77949560693     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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