Pyroclastic activity at home plate in Gusev crater, Mars

Science

Volumn 316, Issue 5825, 2007, Pages 738-742

  Squyres, S W ^a   Aharonson, O ^b   Clark, B C ^c   Cohen, B A ^d   Crumpler, L ^e   De Souza, P A ^f   Farrand, W H ^g   Gellert, R ^h   Grant, J ⁱ   Grotzinger, J P ^b   Haldemann, A F C ^j   Johnson, J R ^k   Klingelhofer G ^l   Lewis, K W ^b   Li, R ^m   McCoy, T ⁱ   McEwen, A S ⁿ   McSween, H Y ^o   Ming, D W ^p   Moore, J M ^q   Morris, R V ^p   Parker, T J ^j   Rice Jr , J W ^r   Ruff, S ^r   Schmidt, M ⁱ   Schroder C ^l   Soderblom, L A ^k   Yen, A ^j   more..

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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

^f Vallourec Research Center   (France)

^g Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^j CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^l JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^m Ohio State University   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^p NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^q NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^r ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; VOLATILE AGENT;

CLASTIC ROCK; GUSEV CRATER; MARS; PLATEAU; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BASALT; EXPLOSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; VOLCANO;

EID: 34248192252     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1139045     Document Type: Article

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