Soil sedimentology at Gusev Crater from Columbia Memorial Station to Winter Haven

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Cabrol, Nathalie A ^a,b   Herkenhoff, Kenneth E ^c   Greeley, Ronald ^d   Grin, Edmond A ^a,b   Schröder, Christian ^e   d'Uston, Claude ^f   Weitz, Catherine ^g   Yingst, R Aileen ^h   Cohen, Barbara A ⁱ   Moore, Jeffrey ^a   Knudson, Amy ^d   Franklin, Brenda ^j   Anderson, Robert C ^k   Li, Ron ^k  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f IRAP   (France)

^g PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^j CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTATION; CRATER; EOLIAN PROCESS; GRAIN SIZE; MARS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL TEXTURE;

EID: 49849098051     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE002953     Document Type: Article

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