Spectral, mineralogical, and geochemical variations across Home Plate, Gusev Crater, Mars indicate high and low temperature alteration

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 281, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 258-266

  Schmidt, M E ^a   Farrand, W H ^b   Johnson, J R ^c   Schroder C ^d   Hurowitz, J A ^e   McCoy, T J ^a   Ruff, S W ^f   Arvidson, R E ^g   Des Marais, D J ^h   Lewis, K W ⁱ   Ming, D W ^j   Squyres, S W ^k   de Souza Jr , P A ^l  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^k Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^l CSIRO   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Gusev Crater; hydrothermal alteration; Mars geology

Indexed keywords

FE-OXIDES; GEOCHEMICAL VARIATIONS; GUSEV CRATER; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LOW TEMPERATURE ALTERATIONS; MARS GEOLOGY; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; MINI-TES; NANO-PHASE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SPIRIT ROVERS; THERMAL EMISSION SPECTROMETERS; WESTERN REGIONS; WESTERN SIDES; X-RAY SPECTROMETERS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; IRON ORES; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETITE; MINERALOGY; MOLYBDENUM; OLIVINE; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECTROMETRY; ZINC;

SPECTROMETERS;

CRATER; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MARS; MINERALOGY;

EID: 64549164550     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.02.030     Document Type: Article

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