Chemistry of rocks and soils in Gusev crater from the alpha particle x-ray spectrometer

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5685, 2004, Pages 829-832

  Gellert, R ^a,b   Reider, R ^a   Anderson, R C ^c   Bruckner J ^a   Clark, B C ^d   Dreibus, G ^a   Economou, T ^e   Klingelhofer G ^b   Lugmair, G W ^a   Ming, D W ^f   Squyres, S W ^g   D'Uston, C ^h   Wanke H ^a   Yen, A ^c   Zipfel, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^g Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^h IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BROMINE; DUST; SOILS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ALPHA PARTICL X-RAY SPECTROMETERS; DUST STORMS; GUSEV CRATER, MARS; SPIRIT ROVER;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CRATER; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE;

ALPHA PARTICLE X RAY SPECTROMETER; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTROMETER; VOLCANO; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ALPHA PARTICLES; BROMINE; ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARS; POTASSIUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER;

EMMELICHTHYS STRUHSAKERI;

EID: 3843082734     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1099913     Document Type: Article

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