The opportunity Rover's athena science investigation at Meridiani Planum, Mars

Science

Volumn 306, Issue 5702, 2004, Pages 1698-1703

  Squyres, S W ^a   Arvidson, R E ^b   Bell III, J F ^a   Bruckner J ^c   Cabrol, N A ^d   Calvin, W ^e   Carr, M H ^f   Christensen, P R ^g   Clark, B C ^h   Crumpler, L ⁱ   Des Marais, D J ^d   D'Uston, C ^j   Economou, T ^k   Farmer, J ^g   Farrand, W ^l   Folkner, W ^m   Golombek, M ^m   Gorevan, S ⁿ   Grant, J A ^o   Greeley, R ^g   Grotzinger, J ^p   Haskin, L ^b   Herkenhoff, K E ^q   Hviid, S ^r   Johnson, J ^q   Klingelhofer G ^s   Knoll, A H ^t   Landis, G ^u   Lemmon, M ^v   Li, R ^w   Madsen, M B ^x   Malin, M C ^y   McLennan, S M ^z   McSween, H Y ^aa   Ming, D W ^ab   Moersch, J ^aa   Morris, R V ^ab   Parker, T ^m   Rice Jr , J W ^g   Richter, L ^ac   Rieder, R ^c   Sims, M ^d   Smith, M ^ad   Smith, P ^ae   Soderblom, L A ^q   Sullivan, R ^a   Wanke H ^c   Wdowiak, T ^af   Wolff, M ^ag   Yen, A ^m   more..

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

ⁱ New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science   (United States)

^j IRAP   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^l Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations   (United States)

^m CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁿ HONEYBEE ROBOTICS   (United States)

^o DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^p MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^q U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^r MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^s JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^t HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^v TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^y MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^z STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^ab NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^ac GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^ad NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^ag NONE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PLANETS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SOILS; SULFUR; WIND;

DIAGENESIS; MERIDIANI PLANUM; SPHERULE FRAGMENTS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

SULFATE; WATER;

HEMATITE; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; SOIL; SPHERULE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DESICCATION; DIAGENESIS; EROSION; EVAPORATION; LIQUID; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ATMOSPHERE; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARS; MINERALS; SILICATES; SPACECRAFT; WATER; WIND;

CICONIIFORMES; EMMELICHTHYS STRUHSAKERI;

EID: 10044247111     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1106171     Document Type: Article

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