Identification of Hydrated Sulfates Collected in the Northern Rio Tinto Valley by Reflectance and Raman Spectroscopy
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TINTO VALLEY BY REFLECTANCE AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY. S. M. Chemtob, R. E. Arvidson, D. C. Fernández-Remolar, R. Amils, R.V. Morris, D. W. Ming, O. Prieto-Ballesteros, J. F. Mustard, L. Hutchison, T. C. Stein, C. E. Donovan, G. M. Fairchild, L. R. Friedlander, N. M. Karas, M. N. Klasen, M. P. Mendenhall, E. M. Robinson, S. E. Steinhardt, and L. R. Weber. Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, Centro de Astrobiología, Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
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