Opaline silica in young deposits on Mars

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 847-850

  Milliken, Ralph E ^a   Swayze, G A ^b   Arvidson, R E ^c   Bishop, J L ^d   Clark, R N ^b   Ehlmann, B L ^e   Green, R O ^a   Grotzinger, J P ^f   Morris, R V ^g   Murchie, S L ^h   Mustard, J F ^e   Weitz, C ⁱ  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICA; AQUEOUS ALTERATION; COMPACT RECONNAISSANCE; IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; JAROSITES; MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITERS; MARTIAN SURFACE; REFLECTANCE DATA; VALLES MARINERIS;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); DEPOSITS; HYDRATES; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

SILICA;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CRUST; DATA ACQUISITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; SILICA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROMETER;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

HESPERIA;

EID: 57749196668     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24967A.1     Document Type: Article

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