Hydrated minerals on Endeavour Crater's rim and interior, and surrounding plains: New insights from CRISM data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Noe Dobrea, E Z ^a   Wray, J J ^b   Calef, F J ^c   Parker, T J ^c   Murchie, S L ^d  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRATION; LEACHING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACIDIC LEACHING; IN-SITU ANALYSIS; SMECTITES; SPECTRAL CHARACTERS; SPECTRAL DIFFERENCES; SPECTRAL SLOPES; TARGETS OF INTEREST;

SILICATES;

CRATER; DEHYDRATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LEACHING; PHYLLOSILICATE; SMECTITE; SPECTROSCOPY; SULFATE;

EID: 84870937491     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053180     Document Type: Article

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