Stratigraphy, mineralogy, and origin of layered deposits inside Terby crater, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 273-304

  Ansan, V ^a   Loizeau, D ^b   Mangold, N ^a   Le Mouelic S ^a   Carter, J ^b   Poulet, F ^b   Dromart, G ^c   Lucas, A ^a   Bibring, J P ^b   Gendrin, A ^b   Gondet, B ^b   Langevin, Y ^b   Masson, P H ^d   Murchie, S ^e   Mustard, J F ^f   Neukum, G ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cratering; Geological processes; Image processing; Infrared observations; Mars

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650958060     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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