Evidence of phyllosilicates in Wooly Patch, an altered rock encountered at West Spur, Columbia Hills, by the Spirit rover in Gusev crater, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Wang, Alian ^a   Korotev, Randy L ^a   Jolliff, Bradley L ^a   Haskin, Larry A ^a   Crumpler, Larry ^b   Farrand, William H ^c   Herkenhoff, Ken E ^d   de Souza, Paulo ^e   Kusack, Alastair G ^f   Hurowitz, Joel A ^g   Tosca, Nicholas J ^g  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e VALE S A   (Brazil)

^f HONEYBEE ROBOTICS   (United States)

^g STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS; PHYLLOSILICATE;

EMMELICHTHYS STRUHSAKERI;

EID: 33645648459     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002516     Document Type: Article

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