Mineralogy of volcanic in Gusev Crater, Mars: Reconciling Mössbauer, Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer, and Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer spectra

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  McSween, H Y ^a   Ruff, S W ^b   Morris, R V ^c   Gellert, R ^d   Klingelhofer G ^e   Christensen, P R ^b   McCoy, T J ^f   Ghosh, A ^a   Moersch, J M ^a   Cohen, B A ^g   Rogers, A D ^h   Schroder C ^e   Squyres, S W ⁱ   Crisp, J ^j   Yen, A ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^g NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^j CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRATER; MARS; MINERALOGY; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 49849101661     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE002970     Document Type: Article

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