Putative indigenous carbon-bearing alteration features in martian meteorite yamato 000593

Astrobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 170-181

  White, Lauren M ^a   Gibson, Everett K ^b   Thomas Keprta, Kathie L ^c   Clemett, Simon J ^c   McKay, David S ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c JACOBS ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Mars; Meteorite; Yamato 000593

Indexed keywords

CARBON; IRON DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; OLIVINE; SILICATE;

ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; MICROCLIMATE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY;

CARBON; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MARS; METEOROIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SILICATES; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 84894582878     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0733     Document Type: Article

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