Chemical Composition of Crystalline, Smectite, and Amorphous Components for Rocknest Soil and John Klein and Cumberland Mudstone Drill Fines
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FOR ROCKNEST SOIL AND JOHN KLEIN AND CUMBERLAND MUDSTONE DRILL FINES USING APXS, CHEMIN, AND SAM DATASETS FROM GALE CRATER, MARS. R.V. Morris, D.W. Ming, R. Gellert, D.T. Vaniman, D.L. Bish, D.F. Blake, S.J. Chipera, R.T. Downs, A.H. Treiman, A.S. Yen, C.N. Achilles, P.D. Archer, T.F. Bristow, J.A. Crisp, D.J. Des Marais, J.D. Farmer, J.P. Grotzinger, P.R. Mahaffy, A.C. McAdam, J.M. Morookian, S.M. Morrison, E.B. Rampe, and the MSL Science Team. NASA JSC ([email protected]), UofGuelph, PSI, IndianaU, NASA ARC, CHK Energy, UofA, LPI, JPL/Caltech, ASU, Caltech, NASA GSFC.
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