Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Preliminary analysis of CRISM imaging of the Mars Pathfinder landing site is consistent with previously reported results from landed imaging. At tens of meters scale, the surface is largely dust-covered. Lee portions of topographic knobs are reddest and show most evidence for ferric mineralogy. The nearby 1.5-km diameter "Big Crater" exposes olivine, which is atypical of the northern plains. Big Crater may have penetrated northern plains material to expose buried basaltic highlands.
Keywords:
Geophysics
Type:
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference; Mar 12, 2007 - Mar 16, 2007; Houston, TX; United States
Format:
application/pdf
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