A new systematic approach using the Modified Gaussian Model: Insight for the characterization of chemical composition of olivines, pyroxenes and olivine-pyroxene mixtures

Icarus

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 404-422

  Clénet, Harold ^a,b   Pinet, Patrick ^a,b   Daydou, Yves ^a,b   Heuripeau, Frédérick ^a,b   Rosemberg, Christine ^a,b   Baratoux, David ^a,b   Chevrel, Serge ^a,b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

Infrared observations; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955127623     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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