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Regions of Mars with Clays and Hydrated Minerals Identified from Orbit
Target: Mission: Mars Express (MEX),Mars Global Surveyor (MGS),Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Spacecraft: Altimeter,Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM),Visible and Infrared Mineralogical Mapping Spectrometer Instrument: Mars Express (MEX),Mars Global Surveyor (MGS),Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Size: 2999 x 1515 ID#: PIA13703 Added: 2010-12-16
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On this map of Mars, spectrometers on spacecraft orbiting Mars have detected clay minerals (green) and hydrated minerals -- clays, sulfates and others (blue).
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