Mineralogy of the light-toned outcrop at Meridiani Planum as seen by the Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer and implications for its formation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Glotch, Timothy D ^a,b   Bandfield, Joshua L ^c   Christensen, Philip R ^c   Calvin, Wendy M ^d   McLennan, Scott M ^e   Clark, Benton C ^f   Rogers, A Deanne ^a   Squyres, Steven W ^g  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^g Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MARS; MINERALOGY; OUTCROP; PLANETARY SURFACE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 34447543686     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002672     Document Type: Article

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