Ancient aqueous environments at endeavour crater, mars

Science

Volumn 343, Issue 6169, 2014, Pages

  Arvidson, R E ^a   Squyres, S W ^b   Bell III, J F ^c   Catalano, J G ^a   Clark, B C ^d   Crumpler, L S ^e   De Souza Jr , P A ^f   Fairen A G ^b   Farrand, W H ^d   Fox, V K ^a   Gellert, R ^g   Ghosh, A ^h   Golombek, M P ⁱ   Grotzinger, J P ^j   Guinness, E A ^a   Herkenhoff, K E ^k   Jolliff, B L ^a   Knoll, A H ^l   Li, R ^m   McLennan, S M ⁿ   Ming, D W ^o   Mittlefehldt, D W ^o   Moore, J M ^p   Morris, R V ^o   Murchie, S L ^q   Parker, T J ⁱ   Paulsen, G ^r   Rice, J W ^s   Ruff, S W ^c   Smith, M D ^t   Wolff, M J ^d   more..

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^h Tharsis Inc   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^l HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m Ohio State University   (United States)

ⁿ STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^p NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^q APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^r HONEYBEE ROBOTICS   (United States)

^s PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^t NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICATE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFATE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; MICROCLIMATE; PH; SEDIMENT; SPACE FLIGHT;

BACTERIA; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MARS; SILICATES; SPACECRAFT; SULFATES; WATER;

EID: 84892944906     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1248097     Document Type: Article

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