Exploration of Victoria crater by the mars rover opportunity

Science

Volumn 324, Issue 5930, 2009, Pages 1058-1061

  Squyres, S W ^a   Knoll, A H ^b   Arvidson, R E ^c   Ashley, J W ^d   Bell III, J F ^a   Calvin, W M ^e   Christensen, P R ^d   Clark, B C ^f   Cohen, B A ^g   De Souza Jr , P A ^h   Edgar, L ⁱ   Farrand, W H ^j   Fleischer, I ^k   Gellert, R ^l   Golombek, M P ^m   Grant, J ⁿ   Grotzinger, J ⁱ   Hayes, A ⁱ   Herkenhoff, K E ^o   Johnson, J R ^o   Jolliff, B ^c   Klingelhofer G ^k   Knudson, A ^d   Li, R ^p   McCoy, T J ⁿ   McLennan, S M ^q   Ming, D W ^r   Mittlefehldt, D W ^r   Morris, R V ^r   Rice Jr , J W ^d   Schroder C ^k   Sullivan, R J ^a   Yen, A ^m   Yingst, R A ^s   more..

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^f LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^g NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h CSIRO   (Australia)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^k JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^m CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁿ DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^o U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^p Ohio State University   (United States)

^q STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC OXIDE; GROUND WATER; SULFATE;

CRATER; DUNE; EXPLORATION; MARS; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFONATE (ESTER); WIND FORCING;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BASALT; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; STRATIGRAPHY; WIND;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; MARS; SPACECRAFT; WATER;

EID: 66249129736     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1170355     Document Type: Article

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