In situ evidence for an ancient aqueous environment at Meridiani Planum, Mars

Science

Volumn 306, Issue 5702, 2004, Pages 1709-1714

  Squyres, S W ^a   Grotzinger, J P ^b   Arvidson, R E ^c   Bell III, J F ^a   Calvin, W ^d   Christensen, P R ^e   Clark, B C ^f   Crisp, J A ^g   Farrand, W H ^h   Herkenhoff, K E ⁱ   Johnson, J R ⁱ   Klingelhofer G ^j   Knoll, A H ^k   McLennan, S M ^l   McSween Jr , H Y ^m   Morris, R V ⁿ   Rice Jr , J W ^e   Rieder, R ^o   Soderblom, L A ⁱ  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

ⁱ U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^j JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

ⁿ NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^o MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; IRON ORES; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SULFATE MINERALS; WEATHERING;

DESICCATION; HAMATITE; MERIDIANI PLANUM;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

FERRIC OXIDE; JAROSITE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MINERAL; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BASALT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MARS; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENT; EVAPORATION; GEOLOGY; HISTORY; LIQUID; MATERIALS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; ROCK; SEDIMENT; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WEATHERING; WEIGHT;

EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIFE; MARS; MINERALS; SILICATES; SPACECRAFT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SULFATES; SULFUR; WATER;

CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 10044237708     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1104559     Document Type: Article

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