Sulfur-bearing phases detected by evolved gas analysis of the Rocknest aeolian deposit, Gale Crater, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 373-393

  McAdam, Amy C ^a   Franz, Heather B ^a,b   Sutter, Brad ^c   Archer, Paul D ^c,d   Freissinet, Caroline ^a   Eigenbrode, Jennifer L ^a   Ming, Douglas W ^d   Atreya, Sushil K ^e   Bish, David L ^f   Blake, David F ^g   Bower, Hannah E ^a   Brunner, Anna ^a,h   Buch, Arnaud ⁱ   Glavin, Daniel P ^a   Grotzinger, John P ^j   Mahaffy, Paul R ^a   McLennan, Scott M ^k   Morris, Richard V ^d   Navarro González, Rafael ^l   Rampe, Elizabeth B ^d   Squyres, Steven W ^m   Steele, Andrew ⁿ   Stern, Jennifer C ^a   Sumner, Dawn Y ^o   Wray, James J ^p   more..

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c JACOBS ENGINEERING   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h University of Maryland   (United States)

ⁱ Ecole Centrale Paris   (France)

^j CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^m Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

ⁿ GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

evolved gas analysis; Mars; mineralogy; MSL; SAM; sulfur

Indexed keywords

CRATER; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; MARS; MINERALOGY; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

EID: 84897851951     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21699100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JE004518     Document Type: Article

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