Geologic context of proposed chloride-bearing materials on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Osterloo, Mikki M ^a,b   Anderson, F Scott ^b   Hamilton, Victoria E ^b   Hynek, Brian M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CHLORIDE; DEPOSITION; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARS; MORPHOLOGY; PLANETARY SURFACE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY;

HESPERIA;

EID: 78149338618     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003613     Document Type: Article

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