Aqueous Carbonate Chemistry of the Martian Soil at the Phoenix Landing Site
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S. P. Kounaves, D. Catling, B. C. Clark, L. DeFlores, K. Gospodinova, M. H. Hecht, J. Kapit, D. W. Ming, R. C. Quinn and The Phoenix Science Team, Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 02155, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Bldg, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK, 3 Lockheed Martin, Denver, CO (ret.), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, 91109, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, 77058, SETI Institute, Mountain View, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035
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