Compositions of coarse and fine particles in martian soils at gale: A window into the production of soils

Icarus

Volumn 249, Issue , 2015, Pages 22-42

  Cousin, A ^a   Meslin, P Y ^b   Wiens, R C ^a   Rapin, W ^b   Mangold, N ^c   Fabre, C ^d   Gasnault, O ^b   Forni, O ^b   Tokar, R ^e   Ollila, A ^f   Schroder S ^b   Lasue, J ^b   Maurice, S ^b   Sautter, V ^g   Newsom, H ^f   Vaniman, D ^e   Le Mouelic S ^c   Dyar, D ^h   Berger, G ^b   Blaney, D ⁱ   Nachon, M ^c   Dromart, G ^j   Lanza, N ^a   Clark, B ^k   Clegg, S ^a   Goetz, W ^l   Berger, J ^m   Barraclough, B ^e   Delapp, D ^a   more..

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^e PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^g MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^h MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^k Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^l MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Mars; Mars, surface; Regoliths; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028129318     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.04.052     Document Type: Article

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