Mapping Mars geochemically

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-186

  Taylor, G Jeffrey ^a   Martel, Linda M V ^a   Karunatillake, Suniti ^b   Gasnault, Olivier ^c   Boynton, William V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC ROCKS; GEOLOGIC UNITS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MARS ODYSSEY; MARTIAN SURFACE; MULTIVARIATE CLUSTER ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; WEATHERING EFFECTS;

CALCIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GAMMA RAYS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAPPING; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 77950177384     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30470.1     Document Type: Article

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