Mineralogy of the Paso Robles soils on Mars

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 728-739

  Lane, Melissa D ^a   Bishop, Janice L ^b   Dyar, M Darby ^c   King, Penelope L ^d,f   Parente, Mario ^e   Hyde, Brendt C ^d  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid; Mars; Mineralogy; Paso Robles; Phosphate; Spectra; Spectroscopy; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; INFRARED DEVICES; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MOLYBDENUM METALLOGRAPHY; PHOSPHATES; SOILS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL DATA; COQUIMBITE; MARS; NEAR INFRARED; PASO ROBLES; SPECTROSCOPIC DATA; SPECTROSCOPIC METHOD; SULFATE;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MARS; MINERALOGY; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHATE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SULFATE;

EID: 46649115323     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2757     Document Type: Article

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