Chemistry of rocks and soils at Meridiani Planum from the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer

Science

Volumn 306, Issue 5702, 2004, Pages 1746-1749

  Rieder, R ^a   Gellert, R ^a,b   Anderson, R C ^c   Bruckner J ^a   Clark, B C ^d   Dreibus, G ^a   Economou, T ^e   Klingelhofer G ^b   Lugmair, G W ^a   Ming, D W ^f   Squyres, S W ^g   D'Uston, C ^h   Wanke H ^a   Yen, A ^c   Zipfel, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^g National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center   (United States)

^h IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; BASALT; BROMINE; CHLORINE; COMPOSITION; SOILS; SULFUR; WATER; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

BASALTIC SOILS; EVAPORITE-RICH ROCKS; HEMATITE-RICH SOILS; MERIDIANI PLANUM;

ROCKS;

BROMINE; CHLORINE; ELEMENT; FERRIC OXIDE; IRON; SULFUR; WATER;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPECTROMETER; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

ALPHA PARTICLES; BROMINE; CHLORINE; ELEMENTS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MARS; MINERALS; SILICATES; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SULFATES; SULFUR; WATER;

EMMELICHTHYS STRUHSAKERI;

EID: 10044298294     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1104358     Document Type: Article

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