Gale Crater: Formation and post-impact hydrous environments

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-95

  Schwenzer, S P ^a,h   Abramov, O ^a,i   Allen, C C ^b   Bridges, J C ^c   Clifford, S M ^a   Filiberto, J ^d   Kring, D A ^a   Lasue, J ^a,e,j   McGovern, P J ^a   Newsom, H E ^f   Treiman, A H ^a   Vaniman, D T ^g   Wiens, R C ^e   Wittmann, A ^a,k  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^g PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^j IRAP   (France)

^k WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Astrobiology; Gale Crater; Hydrothermal; Impact processes; Phyllosilicates

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION PHASIS; CENTRAL PEAKS; CRATER LAKE; DEEP FRACTURES; GALE CRATER; GROUNDWATER INTERACTION; HOST ROCKS; HYDRAULIC CONNECTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IMPACT MELT; IMPACT STRUCTURES; IMPACT-PROCESSES; LANDING SITE; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY MISSIONS; PHYLLOSILICATES; SULPHATES;

ASTROBIOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MINERAL SPRINGS; QUARTZ; SILICATES;

LAKES;

EID: 84864548219     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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