Aqueous processes at Gusev crater inferred from physical properties of rocks and soils along the Spirit traverse

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Cabrol, N A ^a,b   Farmer, J D ^c   Grin, E A ^a,b   Ritcher, L ^d   Soderblom, L ^e   Li, R ^f   Herkenhoff, K ^e   Landis, Geoffrey A ^g   Arvidson, R E ^h  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f Ohio State University   (United States)

^g NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; MARS;

EID: 33645645737     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002490     Document Type: Article

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