The composition of Mars' crust records the planet's integrated geologic history and provides
clues to its differentiation. Spacecraft and meteorite data now provide a global view of the …

Abstract The Mars Odyssey Gamma-Ray Spectrometer is a suite of three different
instruments, a gamma subsystem (GS), a neutron spectrometer, and a high-energy neutron …

Although A-type granites have long been recognized as a distinct group of granites, the term
A-type was coined first less than thirty years ago. A-type suites occur in geodynamic contexts …

The Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) is a hyperspectral
imager on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft. CRISM consists of three …

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 …

Understanding of the geologic evolution of Mars has been greatly improved by recent
orbital,,, in situ, and meteorite,, data, but insights into the earliest period of Martian …

Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) data from the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) are used
to determine compositions and distributions of martian low-albedo regions. Two surface …

Ceramics based on Si3N4 have been comprehensively studied and are widely used in
structural applications,. The development of an interlocking microstructure of elongated …

High-resolution altimetric data define the detailed topography of the northern lowlands of
Mars, and a range of data is consistent with the hypothesis that a lowland-encircling …

A suite of sulfate minerals were characterized spectrally, compositionally, and structurally in
order to develop spectral reflectance–compositional–structural relations for this group of …