Igneous differentiation on Mars: Trachybasalts in Gale Crater
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Edwards, R. Anderson, M. D. Dyar, M. Fisk, L. Thompson, P. Gasda, S. P. Schwenzer, W. Goetz, D. Blaney, J. Filiberto, R. C. Wiens, Space Research Centre, University of Leicester UK [email protected] USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, Mt. Holyoke College, Ma, Oregon State Univ., Planetary and Space Science Centre, University of New Brunswick, Can., Los Alamos National Lab., NM, Open University, UK, Max Planck Inst., Göttingen, Gemany, JPL, Pasadena, Ca, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Il.
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