Phyllosilicates on Mars and implications for early martian climate

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7068, 2005, Pages 623-627

  Poulet, F ^a,e   Bibring, J P ^a,e   Mustard, J F ^b   Gendrin, A ^b,e   Mangold, N ^c   Langevin, Y ^a,e   Arvidson, R E ^d   Gondet, B ^a,e   Gomez, C ^a   Berthe, M ^e   Erard, S ^e   Forni, O ^e   Manaud, N ^e   Poulleau, G ^e   Soufflot, A ^e   Combes, M ^f   Drossart, P ^f   Encrenaz, T ^f   Fouchet, T ^f   Melchiorri, R ^f   Bellucci, G ^g   Altieri, F ^g   Formisano, V ^g   Fonti, S ^g   Capaccioni, F ^g   Cerroni, P ^g   Coradini, A ^g   Korablev, O ^h   Kottsov, V ^h   Ignatiev, N ^h   Titov, D ^h   Zasova, L ^h   Pinet, P ⁱ   Schmitt, B ^j   Sotin, C ^k   Hauber, E ^l   Hoffmann, H ^l   Jaumann, R ^l   Keller, U ^m   Forget, F ⁿ   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^g INAF   (Italy)

^h Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

ⁱ OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^j Laboratoire de Planetologie   (France)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^l GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^m MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

ⁿ LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACECRAFT; SULFUR; WATER;

HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; LIQUID WATER; OMEGA;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

SILICATE; SULFATE; WATER;

MARS; PHYLLOSILICATE; PLANETARY EVOLUTION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CLIMATE; HYDROLOGY; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 28444435548     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04274     Document Type: Article

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