Spectroscopic identification of carbonate minerals in the martian dust

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5636, 2003, Pages 1084-1087

  Bandfield, Joshua L ^a   Glotch, Timothy D ^a   Christensen, Philip R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; METEORITES;

MARTIAN DUST;

CARBONATES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; MAGNESIUM CARBONATE; MINERAL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; MARS; MINERALOGY; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY SURFACE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MAGNESIUM; MARS; METEOROIDS; MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICATES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; WATER;

EID: 0041930658     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1088054     Document Type: Article

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