Fe-bearing Phases Identified by the Mössbauer Spectrometers on the Mars Exploration Rovers: an Overview
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ROVERS: AN OVERVIEW. R. V. Morris, G. Klingelhöfer, D. W. Ming, C. Schröder, D. Rodionov, A. Yen, R. Gellert, and the Athena Science Team. ARES, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058 ([email protected]). Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 9, 55128 Mainz, Germany. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109. Depart. Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.
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