Widespread weathered glass on the surface of Mars

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 391-394

  Horgan, Briony ^a   Bell, James F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC LEACHING; AQUEOUS ALTERATION; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CO-LOCATED; DUNE FIELDS; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; ICELANDS; IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; LANDING SITE; LOW ALBEDO; MARS LANDERS; MARS-EXPRESS; MID-INFRARED SPECTRA; NEAR INFRARED SPECTRA; SAND SHEET; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE OF MARS; VOLCANIC ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANIC ORIGIN; VOLCANICLASTICS;

DEPOSITS; INFRARED DEVICES; LEACHING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILICA; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

GLASS;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MARS; SEDIMENT; WEATHERING;

EID: 84861405953     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32755.1     Document Type: Article

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