Multiscale spectral discrimination of poorly-crystalline and intermixed alteration phases using aerial and ground-based ExoMars rover emulator data

• Published in: Icarus
• Main Authors: Allender, E.J., Cousins, C.R., Gunn, M.D., Mare, E.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: ExoMars; PanCam; Spectral; Multiscale; Mineralogy; Námafjall; Iceland
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/publications/c394af04-730c-4ff7-9871-3dc33c170aa0; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114541; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/24528/1/Allender_2021_Icarus_Multiscale_spectral_discrimination_CCBY_VoR.pdf

A key goal of the ExoMars rover Rosalind Franklin is to analyze accessible hydrated mineral deposits using panoramic multiscale and multispectral imagery. We conducted a multiscale spectroscopic study on hydrothermally-altered basalt-hosted soils in the geothermal area of Námafjall in northern Icela...