Photometric properties of Mars soils analogs

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2045-2072

  Pommerol, A ^a   Thomas, N ^a   Jost, B ^a   Beck, P ^b   Okubo, C ^c   McEwen, A S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogs; Mars; Photometry; Soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892985916     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21699100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgre.20158     Document Type: Article

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