Soluble sulfate in the martian soil at the Phoenix landing site

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Kounaves, Samuel P ^a   Hecht, Michael H ^b   Kapit, Jason ^a,c   Quinn, Richard C ^d   Catling, David C ^e   Clark, Benton C ^f   Ming, Douglas W ^g   Gospodinova, Kalina ^a,h   Hredzak, Patricia ^a   McElhoney, Kyle ^a   Shusterman, Jennifer ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f Center for Exoplanetary Systems   (United States)

^g NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; EPSOMITE; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LANDING SITE; MARS LANDERS; MARTIAN SOILS; SALT COMPOSITION; VALLES MARINERIS; WATER ACTIVITY; WET CHEMISTRY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GYPSUM; LANDING; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NASA; SULFUR; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

SOILS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EVAPORATION; MARS; MINERALOGY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SULFUR; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EMMELICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 77952163972     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042613     Document Type: Article

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