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Compositional Implications of the Spectral Behaviour of the Martian Surface

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The visible and infrared spectra of Mars have been compared with the laboratory spectra of certain minerals. The results allow some tentative conclusions to be drawn about the nature of the surface of the red planet.

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SALISBURY, J., HUNT, G. Compositional Implications of the Spectral Behaviour of the Martian Surface. Nature 222, 132–136 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222132a0

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