Chloride-bearing materials in the southern highlands of mars

Science

Volumn 319, Issue 5870, 2008, Pages 1651-1654

  Osterloo, M M ^a   Hamilton, V E ^a   Bandfield, J L ^b,e   Glotch, T D ^c   Baldridge, A M ^b,f   Christensen, P R ^b   Tornabene, L L ^d   Anderson, F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE;

ALBEDO; CHLORIDE; EVAPORATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMAGING METHOD; MARS; SURFACE WATER; TERRAIN; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GEOLOGICAL TIME; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

CHLORIDES; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; PRECIPITATION; TIME; WATER;

HESPERIA;

EID: 41149156564     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1150690     Document Type: Article

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