Clay and Magnetite Formation at Yellowknife Bay, Mars
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YELLOWKNIFE BAY, MARS. J.C. Bridges, S.P. Schwenzer, R. Leveille, F. Westall, R.C. Wiens, N. Mangold, T. Bristow, P. Edwards and G. Berger Space Research Centre, University of Leicester, UK [email protected]. Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. McGill University, Montreal, Canada.Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS, 45071 Orléans France. Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM 87544, USA. Laboratoire Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes, and Université de Nantes, France. Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. 94035 IRAP Obs. Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France.
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