Water alteration of rocks and soils on Mars at the Spirit rover site in Gusev crater

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Larry A. Haskin
Alian Wang
Bradley L. Jolliff
Harry Y. McSween
Benton C. Clark
David J. Des Marais
Scott M. McLennan
Nicholas J. Tosca
Joel A. Hurowitz
Jack D. Farmer
Albert Yen
Steve W. Squyres
Raymond E. Arvidson
Göstar Klingelhöfer
Christian Schröder
Paulo A. de Souza
Douglas W. Ming
Ralf Gellert
Jutta Zipfel
Johannes Brückner
James F. Bell
Kenneth Herkenhoff
Phil R. Christensen
Steve Ruff
Diana Blaney
Steven Gorevan
Nathalie A. Cabrol
Larry Crumpler
John Grant
Lawrence Soderblom
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[1] Washington University in Saint Louis,Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
[2] University of Tennessee,Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
[3] University of Tennessee,Planetary Sciences
[4] Lockheed Martin Space Systems,Exobiology Branch, MS 239
[5] NASA Ames Research Center,4
[6] State University of New York,Department of Geosciences
[7] Arizona State University,Department of Geological Sciences
[8] JPL,Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie
[9] Cornell University,Abteilung Kosmochemie
[10] Johannes Gutenberg-Universität,SETI Institute and Space Science Division, MS 245
[11] Companhia Vale do Rio Doce,3
[12] NASA JSC,undefined
[13] MC KR,undefined
[14] Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie,undefined
[15] USGS Flagstaff,undefined
[16] Honeybee Robotics,undefined
[17] NASA Ames Research Center,undefined
[18] New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science,undefined
[19] Smithsonian Institution,undefined
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Nature | 2005年 / 436卷
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The cover shows part of the Larry's Lookout panorama, seen from the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Spirit during its drive up Husband Hill: the summit is about 200 metres from the rover. Six papers this week report in detail on the MER mission. An Analysis compares predictions used to select a landing site with the conditions actually encountered. This ‘ground truth’ will be invaluable for interpreting future remote-sensing data. Surface chemistry suggests that the upper layer of soil may contain 1% meteoritic material. MER provides a unique glimpse of solar transits of the moons Phobos and Deimos. Rover Opportunity examined wind-related processes, and spectroscopy indicates a dry origin for atmospheric dust. Features from within the Gusev crater give more information on the role of liquid water in Mars's past. An accompanying News and Views puts the MER data in context.
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