Terrain physical properties derived from orbital data and the first 360 sols of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover observations in Gale Crater

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1322-1344

  Arvidson, R E ^a   Bellutta, P ^b   Calef, F ^b   Fraeman, A A ^a   Garvin, J B ^c   Gasnault, O ^d   Grant, J A ^e   Grotzinger, J P ^f   Hamilton, V E ^g   Heverly, M ^b   Iagnemma, K A ^h   Johnson, J R ⁱ   Lanza, N ^j   Le Mouelic S ^k   Mangold, N ^k   Ming, D W ^l   Mehta, M ^m   Morris, R V ^l   Newsom, H E ⁿ   Renno N ^o   Rubin, D ^p   Schieber, J ^q   Sletten, R ^r   Stein, N T ^a   Thuillier, F ^k   Vasavada, A R ^b   Vizcaino, J ^m   Wiens, R C ^j   more..

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^j LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^l NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^m NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^q INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Mars; physical properties; terramechanics

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CLAST; CRATER; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MARS; MINERALOGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SCOUR; SHEAR MODULUS; TERRAIN; WEATHERING;

EID: 84904625617     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21699100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JE004605     Document Type: Article

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