Antarctic Mars Analogs and Interpretation of Martian Alteration
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SIGNATURES. A. C. McAdam 1 , T. G. Sharp 2 , L. A. Leshin 3 , R. P. Harvey 4 , E. J. Hoffman 5 , 1 Atmospheric Experiments Laboratory, Code 699, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, [email protected], 2 School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, 3 Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, 4 Dept. of Geological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7216, 5 Physics Dept., Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 21251.
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