A systematic spectroscopic study of eight hydrous ferric sulfates relevant to Mars

Icarus

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 422-433

  Ling, Z C ^a,b,c   Wang, Alian ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Mars; Mineralogy; Regoliths; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956284075     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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