A search for basaltic-to-intermediate glasses on Mars: Assessing martian crustal mineralogy

Icarus

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 135-149

  Minitti, Michelle E ^a   Hamilton, Victoria E ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; Mars, surface; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957284767     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.06.028     Document Type: Article

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