Basaltic rocks analyzed by the Spirit rover in Gusev crater

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5685, 2004, Pages 842-845

  McSween, H Y ^a   Arvidson, R E ^b   Bell III, J F ^c   Blaney, D ^d   Cabrol, N A ^e   Christensen, P R ^f   Clark, B C ^g   Crisp, J A ^d   Crumpler, L S ^h   Des Marias, D J ^e   Farmer, J D ^f   Gellert, R ⁱ   Ghosh, A ^a   Gorevan, S ^j   Graff, T ^f   Grant, J ^k   Haskin, L A ^b   Herkenhoff, K E ^l   Johnson, J R ^l   Jolliff, B L ^b   Klingelhoefer, G ^m   Knudson, A T ^f   McLennan, S ⁿ   Milam, K A ^a   Moersch, J E ^a   Morris, R V ^o   Rieder, R ⁱ   Ruff, S W ^f   De Souza Jr , P A ^p   Squyres, S W ^c   Wanke H ⁱ   Wang, A ^b   Wyatt, M B ^f   Yen, A ^d   Zipfel, J ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

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

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^j HONEYBEE ROBOTICS   (United States)

^k SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^l U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^m JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁿ STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^p VALE S A   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; IRON OXIDES; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROMETERS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

LAVAS; MINI-THERMAL EMISSION SPECTROMETER (MINI-TES); PIGEONITE; ROCK COMPOSITIONS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

IRON OXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BASALT; CRATER; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BASALT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DUST; MINIATURE THERMAL EMISSION SPECTROMETER; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SPECTROMETER; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EMMELICHTHYS STRUHSAKERI;

EID: 3843068623     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.3050842     Document Type: Article

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