Orbital Spectral Mapping of Surface Compositions in the Antarctic Dry Valleys: Regional Distributions of Secondary Mineral-phases as Climate Indicators and Implications for Mars
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VALLEYS: REGIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF SECONDARY MINERAL-PHASES AS CLIMATE INDICATORS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MARS. M. B. Wyatt, J. W. Head, D. R. Marchant, R. P. Harvey, P. R. Christensen, M. R. Salvatore, and U. N. Horodyskyj, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215 Dept. of Geological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287.
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