Characterization of hydrated silicate-bearing outcrops in Tyrrhena Terra, Mars: Implications to the alteration history of Mars

Icarus

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 476-497

  Loizeau, D ^a,b   Carter, J ^b   Bouley, S ^c   Mangold, N ^d   Poulet, F ^b   Bibring, J P ^b   Costard, F ^e   Langevin, Y ^b   Gondet, B ^b   Murchie, S L ^f  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des ephemerides   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Impact processes; Mars; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859201785     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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