Synthesis of a spinifex-textured basalt as an analog to Gusev crater basalts, Mars

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 820-831

  Bost, Nicolas ^a,b,c,d   Westall, Frances ^a   Gaillard, Fabrice ^b,c,d   Ramboz, Claire ^b,c,d   Foucher, Frédéric ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d BRGM   (France)

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EID: 84861455799     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01355.x     Document Type: Article

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