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Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer experiment: Investigation description and surface science results
- P. Christensen, J. Bandfield, M. Greenfield
- Geology, Environmental Science
- 25 October 2001
The Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) investigation on Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) is aimed at determining (1) the composition of surface minerals, rocks, and ices; (2) the temperature and dynamics…
Bright and dark regions on Mars: Particle size and mineralogical characteristics based on thermal emission spectrometer data
- S. Ruff, P. Christensen
- Physics, Environmental Science
- 1 December 2002
[1] Emissivity spectra (1670–200 cm−1) from the Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer (MGS-TES) show significant differences between bright and dark surfaces, allowing further…
A thermal emission spectral library of rock-forming minerals
- P. Christensen, J. Bandfield, W. Stefanov
- Geology
- 25 April 2000
A library of thermal infrared spectra of silicate, carbonate, sulfate, phosphate, halide, and oxide minerals has been prepared for comparison to spectra obtained from planetary and Earth-orbiting…
Provenance and diagenesis of the evaporite-bearing Burns formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars
- S. McLennan, J. Bell, A. Yen
- Geology
- 30 November 2005
Detection of Silica-Rich Deposits on Mars
- S. Squyres, R. Arvidson, P. A. de Souza
- GeologyScience
- 23 May 2008
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Alkaline volcanic rocks from the Columbia Hills, Gusev crater, Mars
- H. McSween, S. Ruff, M. Schmidt
- Geology
- 1 September 2006
[1] Irvine, Backstay, and Wishstone are the type specimens for three classes of fine-grained or fragmental, relatively unaltered rocks with distinctive thermal emission spectra, found as float on the…
Detection of crystalline hematite mineralization on Mars by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer: Evide
- P. Christensen, J. Bandfield, Michael D. Smith
- Geology, Environmental Science
- 25 April 2000
The Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) instrument on the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) mission has discovered a remarkable accumulation of crystalline hematite (a-Fe2O3) that covers an area with very…
Quantitative thermal emission spectroscopy of minerals: A laboratory technique for measurement and calibration
- S. Ruff, P. Christensen, P. Barbera, D. Anderson
- Environmental Science
- 10 July 1997
Previous descriptions of thermal emission spectroscopy have presented techniques that vary in accuracy and reproducibility. Contributions of thermal energy from the instrument and environment are…
Characterization and petrologic interpretation of olivine‐rich basalts at Gusev Crater, Mars
- H. McSween, M. Wyatt, J. Zipfel
- Geology
- 1 February 2006
Additional co-authors: PR Christensen, BC Clark, JA Crisp, DJ DesMarais, T Economou, JD Farmer, W Farrand, A Ghosh, M Golombek, S Gorevan, R Greeley, VE Hamilton, JR Johnson, BL Joliff, G…
Characteristics, distribution, origin, and significance of opaline silica observed by the Spirit rov
- S. Ruff, J. Farmer, S. Squyres
- Geology
- 1 July 2011
[1] The presence of outcrops and soil (regolith) rich in opaline silica (∼65–92 wt % SiO2) in association with volcanic materials adjacent to the “Home Plate” feature in Gusev crater is evidence for…
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