Coupled ferric oxides and sulfates on the martian surface

Science

Volumn 317, Issue 5842, 2007, Pages 1206-1210

  Bibring, J P ^a   Arvidson, R E ^b   Gendrin, A ^a   Gondet, B ^a   Langevin, Y ^a   Le Mouelic, S ^c   Mangold, N ^d   Morris, R V ^e   Mustard, J F ^f   Poulet, F ^a   Quantin, C ^d   Sotin, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^e NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC OXIDE; FERRIC SULFATE; GROUND WATER; FERRIC ION; WATER;

ACIDITY; EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER; HEMATITE; IRON OXIDE; MARS; SPHERULE; SULFATE; WIND EROSION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; MICROCLIMATE;

SPHERULES;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; MARS; WATER;

EID: 34548522704     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1144174     Document Type: Article

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