Iron mineralogy and aqueous alteration from Husband Hill through Home Plate at Gusev Crater, Mars: Results from the Mössbauer instrument on the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Morris, Richard V ^a   Klingelhofer G ^b   Schroer C ^a   Fleischer, I ^b   Ming, D W ^a   Yen, A S ^c   Gellert, R ^d   Arvidson, R E ^e   Rodionov, D S ^b,f   Crumpler, L S ^g   Clark, B C ^h   Cohen, B A ⁱ   McCoy, T J ^j   Mittlefehldt, D W ^a   Schmidt, M E ^j   De Souza, Jr ^k   Squyres, S W ^l  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

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

^h LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

ⁱ NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^j SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^k CSIRO   (Australia)

^l Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; GOETHITE; IRON; MARS; MINERALOGY; OLIVINE; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 62549150732     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003201     Document Type: Article

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