Diverse aqueous environments on ancient Mars revealed in the southern highlands

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1043-1046

  Wray, James J ^a   Murchie, Scott L ^b   Squyres, Steven W ^a   Seelos, Frank P ^b   Tomabene, Livio L ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT MARS; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRATED SULFATES; MIDLATITUDES; SPECTRAL IMAGES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDRATION; SILICATE MINERALS; ZEOLITES;

HYDRATES;

HYDROUS MINERAL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARS; PHYLLOSILICATE; PLANETARY SURFACE; SULFATE GROUP; ZEOLITE;

EID: 70450199304     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30331A.1     Document Type: Article

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