Elemental composition of the martian crust

Science

Volumn 324, Issue 5928, 2009, Pages 736-739

  McSween, Harry Y ^a   Jeffrey Taylor, G ^b   Wyatt, Michael B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; ELEMENT; HYDROGEN; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; OXIDE; POTASSIUM; SILICATE; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFATE;

CRUST; CRYSTALLIZATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; HYDRATION; MARS; MARTIAN METEORITE; SPACECRAFT;

ASTRONOMY; BASALT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROCK; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPACE FLIGHT; ARTICLE; MICROCLIMATE;

ELEMENTS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN; MARS; METEOROIDS; SILICATES; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 65649131565     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1165871     Document Type: Review

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