The role of aqueous alteration in the formation of martian soils

Icarus

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-171

  Bandfield, Joshua L ^a   Deanne Rogers, A ^b   Edwards, Christopher S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Infrared observations; Mars, Surface; Regoliths; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650928921     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.08.028     Document Type: Article

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