Spectral constraints on the formation mechanism of recurring slope lineae

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 5621-5626

  Ojha, Lujendra ^a   Wray, James J ^a   Murchie, Scott L ^b   McEwen, Alfred S ^c   Wolff, Michael J ^d   Karunatillake, Suniti ^e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Center for Exoplanetary Systems   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

composition; Mars; remote sensing; spectral analysis; surface materials and properties

Indexed keywords

COMPACT RECONNAISSANCE; FORMATION MECHANISM; FORMATION TEMPERATURE; IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MARS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTRAL CONSTRAINTS; SURFACE MATERIALS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WETTING;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

ALTITUDE; MARS; MINERAL; OXIDE; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONALITY; SLOPE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WETTING;

EID: 84887547647     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL057893     Document Type: Article

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