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Mars Surface Composition

Analysis of the Martian soil composition from hyperspectral telescopic images brought Deucalionis Regio (Green unit) into attention. Deucalionis is different from the "Bright Red" and "Dark Grey" units and cannot be modelled as a mixture of those.

[ Merényi, E., Singer, R. B., and Miller, J. S., 1996, Mapping of Spectral Variations On the Surface of Mars From High Spectral Resolution Telescopic Images, Icarus, 124, pp 280-295]

[Merényi, E., Edgett, K. S., and Singer, R. B., 1996, Deucalionis Regio, Mars: Evidence for a New Type of Immobile, Weathered Soil Unit, Icarus, 124, pp296-307]

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