Soil-forming Processes on Mars as Determined by Mineralogy: Analysis of Recent Martian Spectral, Chemical and Magnetic Data and Comparison with Altered Tephra from Haleakala, Maui
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RECENT MARTIAN SPECTRAL, CHEMICAL AND MAGNETIC DATA AND COMPARISON WITH ALTERED TEPHRA FROM HALEAKALA, MAUI. J. L. Bishop, P. Schiffman, M. D. Dyar, M. D. Lane, E. Murad, and A. Drief, SETI Institute/NASA-ARC, Mountain View, CA ([email protected]), Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Calif., Davis, CA, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, Bayerisches Landesamt, Marktredwitz, Germany, Asbestos TEM Laboratories Inc, Berkeley, CA.
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