Mineralogy and morphology of geologic units at Libya Montes, Mars: Ancient aqueously derived outcrops, mafic flows, fluvial features, and impacts

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 487-513

  Bishop, Janice L ^a,b   Tirsch, Daniela ^c   Tornabene, Livio L ^d   Jaumann, Ralf ^c,e   McEwen, Alfred S ^f   McGuire, Patrick C ^g,h   Ody, Anouck ⁱ   Poulet, Francois ⁱ   Clark, Roger N ^j   Parente, Mario ^k   McKeown, Nancy K ^l   Mustard, John F ^m   Murchie, Scott L ^h   Voigt, Joana ^c   Aydin, Zeynep ^c   Bamberg, Marlene ^c   Petau, Andreas ^c   Michael, Gregory ^e   Seelos, Frank P ^h   Hash, Christopher D ^h   Swayze, Gregg A ^j   Neukum, Gerhard ^e   more..

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g West Virginia University   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^j U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^k University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^l MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^m BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

fluvial features; Mars; mineralogy; reflectance spectroscopy; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CAP ROCK; CARBONATE; DIAGENESIS; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; EMPLACEMENT; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MARS; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; OUTCROP; PHYLLOSILICATE; REMOTE SENSING; SMECTITE; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

EID: 84876913001     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21699100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JE004151     Document Type: Article

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