Geochemical properties of rocks and soils in Gusev Crater, Mars: Results of the Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer from Cumberland Ridge to Home Plate

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Ming, Douglas W ^a   Gellert, R ^b   Morris, R V ^a   Arvidson, R E ^c   Bruckner J ^d   Clark, B C ^e   Cohen, B A ^f   D'Uston, C ^g   Economou, T ^h   Fleischer, I ⁱ   Klingelhofer G ⁱ   McCoy, T J ^j   Mittlefehldt, D W ^a   Schmidt, M E ^j   Schroder C ^a   Squyres, S W ^k   Treguier E ^g   Yen, A S ^l   Zipfel, J ^m  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^f NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g IRAP   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^k Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^l CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^m SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARS; MINERALOGY; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 62549089100     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003195     Document Type: Article

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