Chemistry and mineralogy of outcrops at Meridiani Planum

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-94

  Clark, Benton C ^a   Morris, R V ^b   McLennan, S M ^c   Gellert, R ^d   Jolliff, B ^e   Knoll, A H ^f   Squyres, S W ^g   Lowenstein, T K ^h   Ming, D W ^b   Tosca, N J ^c   Yen, A ⁱ   Christensen, P R ^j   Gorevan, S ^k   Bruckner J ^d   Calvin, W ^l   Dreibus, G ^d   Farrand, W ^m   Klingelhoefer, G ⁿ   Waenke, H ^d   Zipfel, J ^d   Bell III, J F ^g   Grotzinger, J ^o   McSween, H Y ^p   Rieder, R ^d   more..

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^h BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k HONEYBEE ROBOTICS   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^m Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

ⁿ JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^o MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Chemical sediment; Jarosite; Kieserite; Mars; MER; Meridiani; Opportunity; Outcrop; Rover; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SEDIMENT; CRATER FORMATION; JAROSITE; KIESERITE; OUTCROPS; SALT-RICH SILICIC SEDIMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY; ROCK MECHANICS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFATE MINERALS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MARS; MINERALOGY;

EMMELICHTHYS STRUHSAKERI;

EID: 27944434670     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.09.040     Document Type: Article

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