Orbital identification of clays and carbonates in Gusev crater

Icarus

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 250-253

  Carter, John ^a,b   Poulet, Francois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Infrared observations; Mars, Surface; Mineralogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860252225     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.02.024     Document Type: Article

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