Visible and near-infrared multispectral analysis of geochemically measured rock fragments at the opportunity landing site in Meridiani Planum

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Weitz, Catherine M ^a   Farrand, William H ^b   Johnson, Jeffrey R ^c   Fleischer, Iris ^d   Schröder, Christian ^e,f   Yingst, Aileen ^a   Jolliff, Brad ^g   Gellert, Ralf ^h   Bell, Jim ⁱ   Herkenhoff, Kenneth E ^c   Klingelhöfer, Göstar ^d   Cohen, Barbara ^j   Calvin, Wendy ^k   Rutherford, Malcolm ^l   Ashley, James ^m  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Center for Exoplanetary Systems   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

ⁱ 428 Space Sciences Bldg ^*  (United States)

^j NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^l BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MARS; MINERALOGY; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; STONY METEORITE; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

EID: 78049386350     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003660     Document Type: Article

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