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

@article{citeulike:566982, abstract = {The Observatoire pour la Mineralogie, l'Eau, les Glaces, et l'Activite (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 mafic iron-bearing silicates of both the northern and southern crust, localized concentrations of hydrated phyllosilicates and sulfates but no carbonates, and ices and frosts with a water-ice composition of the north polar perennial cap, as for the south cap, covered by a thin carbon dioxide-ice veneer. 10.1126/science.1108806}, author = {Bibring, Jean-Pierre and Langevin, Yves and Gendrin, Aline and Gondet, Brigitte and Poulet, Francois and Berthe, Michel and Soufflot, Alain and Arvidson, Ray and Mangold, Nicolas and Mustard, John and Drossart, P. and Team, The O.}, citeulike-article-id = {566982}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1108806}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/307/5715/1576}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2005Sci...307.1576B}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15718430}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15718430}, day = {11}, doi = {10.1126/science.1108806}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {glg471, mars, water}, month = {March}, number = {5715}, pages = {1576--1581}, posted-at = {2006-03-28 21:24:35}, priority = {2}, title = {Mars Surface Diversity as Revealed by the OMEGA/Mars Express Observations}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1108806}, volume = {307}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:566982 L3 - citeulike-article-id:566982 N2 - The Observatoire pour la Mineralogie, l'Eau, les Glaces, et l'Activite (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 mafic iron-bearing silicates of both the northern and southern crust, localized concentrations of hydrated phyllosilicates and sulfates but no carbonates, and ices and frosts with a water-ice composition of the north polar perennial cap, as for the south cap, covered by a thin carbon dioxide-ice veneer. 10.1126/science.1108806 IS - 5715 JF - Science EP - 1581 TI - Mars Surface Diversity as Revealed by the OMEGA/Mars Express Observations VL - 307 SP - 1576 KW - glg471 KW - mars KW - water AU - Bibring, Jean-Pierre AU - Langevin, Yves AU - Gendrin, Aline AU - Gondet, Brigitte AU - Poulet, Francois AU - Berthe, Michel AU - Soufflot, Alain AU - Arvidson, Ray AU - Mangold, Nicolas AU - Mustard, John AU - Drossart, P AU - Team, The PY - 2005/03/11/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1108806 ER -