Light-toned salty soils and coexisting Si-rich species discovered by the Mars Explorafion Rover Spirit in Columbia Hills

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Alian ^a   Bell, III ^b   Li, Ron ^c   Johnson, J R ^d   Farrand, W H ^e   Cloutis, E A ^f   Arvidson, R E ^a   Crumpler, L ^g   Squyres, S W ^b   McLennan, S M ^h   Herkenhoff, K E ^d   Ruff, S W ⁱ   Knudson, A T ^a   Chen, Wei ^c   Greenberger, R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^g NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^h STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN PROCESS; FUMAROLE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; SALINE SOIL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 62549100834     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003126     Document Type: Article

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