 | Lane, M. D., Bishop, J. L., Darby Dyar, M., King, P. L., Parente, M., Hyde, B. C. (2008) Mineralogy of the Paso Robles soils on Mars. American Mineralogist, 93 (5) 728-739 doi:10.2138/am.2008.2757 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pages 728–739, 2008 Mineralogy of the Paso Robles soils on Mars Melissa D. Lane,1,* Janice L. Bishop,2...exposed, bright track soil at the “Paso Robles” site within Gusev crater, Mars, indicate the presence of Fe3+-sulfates...or strengite. Keywords: Mars, spectroscopy, sulfate, phosphate, mineralogy, spectra, Paso Robles, acid...Introduction The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) named Spirit has been exploring Gusev crater since January...Si and Al relative to the more typical basaltic Gusev plains soils (Gellert et al. 2006; Ming et al. 2006) |
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