Thermal Infrared Spectroscopy of a Synthetic Olivine Series (forsterite- Fayalite) and Interpretation of the Nili Fossae, Syrtis Major, and Isidis Regions
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FAYALITE) AND INTERPRETATION OF THE NILI FOSSAE, SYRTIS MAJOR, AND ISIDIS REGIONS OF MARS. M. D. Lane, T. D. Glotch, M. D. Dyar, J. L. Bishop, C. M. Pieters, R. Klima, T. Hiroi, and J. M. Sunshine; Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85705-8331 ([email protected]), Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, SETI Institute/NASA-ARC, Mountain View, CA 94043, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, U. Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.
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