Sedimentary textures formed by aqueous processes, Erebus crater Meridiani Planum, Mars

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1085-1088

  Grotzinger, J ^a   Bell, III ^b   Herkenhoff, K ^c   Johnson, J ^c   Knoll, A ^d   McCartney, E ^b   McLennan, S ^e   Metz, J ^a   Moore, J ^f   Squyres, S ^b   Sullivan, R ^b   Ahronson, O ^a   Arvidson, R ^g   Joliff, B ^g   Golombek, M ^h   Lewis, K ^a   Parker, T ^h   Soderblom, J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross lamination; Mars; Sedimentary structures; Shrinkage cracks; Water

Indexed keywords

CROSS-LAMINATION; EREBUS CRATER; SHRINKAGE CRACKS;

DEPOSITION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SULFATE MINERALS; WATER;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

BEDROCK; CRATER; MARS; OUTCROP; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 33845583091     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22985A.1     Document Type: Article

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