Most Mars minerals in a nutshell: Various alteration phases formed in a single environment in Noctis Labyrinthus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Thollot, Patrick ^a   Mangold, Nicolas ^a   Ansan, Véronique ^a   Le Mouélic, Stéphane ^a   Milliken, Ralph E ^b   Bishop, Janice L ^c,d   Weitz, Catherine M ^e   Roach, Leah H ^f   Mustard, John F ^g   Murchie, Scott L ^h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^c SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Frontier Technology Inc ^*  (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DISSOLUTION; HALLOYSITE; KAOLINITE; MARS; MINERAL ALTERATION; SEDIMENT; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA;

HESPERIA;

EID: 84860296175     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JE004028     Document Type: Article

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