Overview of the Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover Mission to Meridiani Planum: Eagle Crater to Purgatory Ripple

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Squyres, S W ^a   Arvidson, R E ^b   Bollen, D ^a   Bell III, James F ^a   Bruckner J ^c   Cabrol, N A ^d   Calvin, W M ^e   Carr, M H ^f   Christensen, Philip R ^g   Clark, B C ^h   Crumpler, L ⁱ   Des Marais, D J ^d   d'Uston, C ^j   Economou, T ^k   Farmer, J ^g   Farrand, W H ^l   Folkner, W ^m   Gellert, R ⁿ   Glotch, Timothy D ^m   Golombek, Matthew P ^m   Gorevan, S ^o   Grant, J A ^p   Greeley, R ^g   Grotzinger, J ^q   Herkenhoff, K E ^r   Hviid, S ^s   Johnson, Jeffrey R ^r   Klingelhofer G ^t   Knoll, A H ^u   Landis, G ^v   Lemmon, Mark T ^w   Li, R ^x   Madsen, M B ^y   Malin, M C ^z   McLennan, S M ^aa   McSween, H Y ^ab   Ming, D W ^ac   Moersch, J ^ab   Morris, R V ^ac   Parker, T ^m   Rice, Jr ^g   Richter, L ^ad   Rieder, R ^c   Schroder C ^t   Sims, M ^d   Smith, M ^ae   Smith, P ^af   Soderblom, L A ^r   Sullivan, R J ^a   Tosca, N J ^aa   Wanke H ^c   Wdowiak, T ^ag   Wolff, Michael J ^ah   Yen, Albert S ^m   more..

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

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

^j IRAP   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^l Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^m CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^o HONEYBEE ROBOTICS   (United States)

^p DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^q CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^r U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^s MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^t JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^u HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^w TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x Ohio State University   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^z MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^aa STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^ac NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^ad GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^ae NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^ah NONE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CRATER; MARS; RIPPLE; SANDSTONE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SOIL SURFACE;

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EID: 34447531922     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JE002771     Document Type: Review

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