Mineralogy and chemistry of cobbles at Meridiani Planum, Mars, investigated by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Fleischer, I ^a   Bruckner J ^b   Schroder C ^c,d   Farrand, W ^e   Trguier, E ^f   Morris, R V ^g   Klingelhofer G ^a   Herkenhoff, K ^h   Mittlefehldt, D ^g   Ashley, J ⁱ   Golombek, M ^j   Johnson, J R ^h   Jolliff, B ^k   Squyres, S W ^l   Weitz, C ^m   Gellert, R ⁿ   De Souza, P A ^o   Cohen, B A ^p  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e Center for Exoplanetary Systems   (United States)

^f EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Spain)

^g NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

ⁱ ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l 428 Space Sciences Bldg ^*  (United States)

^m PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^o CSIRO   (Australia)

^p NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CLAST; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARS; MESOSIDERITE; METEORITE; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; PLANETARY LANDFORM; ROCK; SILICATE; SULFATE; TEXTURE;

EID: 78049393220     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003621     Document Type: Article

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