The Composition of Martian Surface Materials: Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer Observations
Abstract
The MGS TES has detected crystalline hematite within a localized zone ~300 km in diameter near ~0N, ~5o W. Low albedo surfaces indicate the presence of basaltic materials; the spectra are best fit by a mixture of pyroxene, plagioclase, +-olivine.
- Publication:
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Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 1999
- Bibcode:
- 1999LPI....30.1461C