Identification of the Ca-sulfate bassanite in Mawrth Vallis, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 416-421

  Wray, James J ^a   Squyres, Steven W ^a   Roach, Leah H ^b   Bishop, Janice L ^c   Mustard, John F ^d   Noe Dobrea, Eldar Z ^e  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Frontier Technology Inc   (United States)

^c SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars, Surface; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956295653     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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