Mars Surface Diversity as Revealed by the OMEGA/Mars Express Observations

@article{Bibring2005MarsSD,
  title={Mars Surface Diversity as Revealed by the OMEGA/Mars Express Observations},
  author={J. P. Bibring and Yves Langevin and Aline Gendrin and B. Gondet and François Poulet and Michel Berthé and Alain Soufflot and Raymond E. Arvidson and Nicolas Mangold and John F. Mustard and Pierre Drossart},
  journal={Science},
  year={2005},
  volume={307},
  pages={1576 - 1581}
}
The Observatoire pour la Minéralogie, l'Eau, les Glaces, et l'Activité (OMEGA) investigation, on board the European Space Agency Mars Express mission, is mapping the surface composition of Mars at a 0.3- to 5-kilometer resolution by means of visible–near-infrared hyperspectral reflectance imagery. The data acquired during the first 9 months of the mission already reveal a diverse and complex surface mineralogy, offering key insights into the evolution of Mars. OMEGA has identified and mapped… 
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