Crustal compositions exposed by impact craters in the Tyrrhena Terra region of Mars: Considerations for Noachian environments

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 353-364

  Rogers, A Deanne ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alteration; Composition; Crater; Mars; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION; COMPACT RECONNAISSANCE; COMPOSITION; CRATER; CRUSTAL COMPOSITION; GLASS MATERIALS; HIGH-SILICA GLASS; IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; IMPACT CRATERS; IMPACT PROCESS; MARS; MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-INFRARED MEASUREMENTS; PHYLLOSILICATE; SHOCKED MATERIAL; SPECTRAL DIFFERENCES; SURFACE ALTERATION; TARGET MATERIALS; THERMAL EMISSION SPECTROMETERS; THERMAL INFRARED DATA; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY; VERTICAL VARIATION;

FELDSPAR; GLASS; INFRARED DEVICES; LITHOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

MATERIALS;

CRATER; MARS; MINERAL ALTERATION; PLAGIOCLASE; PYROXENE; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650297727     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.020     Document Type: Article

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