MER GIS CD Credits
Mission information and some data provided by M. Golombek (JPL), T. Parker (JPL), F.S. Anderson (JPL), N.T. Bridges (JPL).
A special thanks to all the organizations which created the datasets and made them available for our use. Apologies to datasets not appropriately credited. Links to websites for many of the datasets are below.
Datasets and imagery were provided by the MGS MOLA team, AMES, the MGS TES team, MGS MOC team, the USGS, and others.
Reference for the andesite map and basalt map:
- Bandfield, J.L., V.E. Hamilton, and P.R. Christensen, A global view of Martian surface compositions from MGS-TES Science, 287, 1626-1630, 2000.
References for the hematite map:
- Christensen, P.R. et al., Detection of crystalline hematite mineralization on Mars by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 9632-9642, 2000.
- Christensen, P.R., M.C. Malin, R.V. Morris, J.L. Bandfield, and M.D. Lane, Aqueous sedimentary mineralization of the Martian surface: Evidence for liquid water, in review at J. Geophys. Res., 2000.
References VIKING IRTM
- Pleskot and Miner (1981) albedo map
- Palluconi and Kieffer (1981) thermal inertia map
- Christensen (1986) rock abundance map
- Christensen (1986) fine component thermal inertia (rocks "removed")
References Total Vertical Roughness
- Dr. Jim Garvin, Mars Exploration Program Scientist, NASA HQ, 01/15/01
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