High-Temperature, Perhaps Silicic, Volcanism on Mars Evidenced by Tridymite Detection in High-SiO2 Sedimentary Rock at Gale Crater, Mars
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Morris, R. V.; Vaniman, D. T.; Blake, D. F.; Gellert, R.; Chipera, S. J.; Ming, D. W.; Morrison, S. M.; Downs, R. T.; Rampe, E. B.; Treiman, A. H.; Yen, A. S.; Achilles, C. N.; Bristow, T. F.; Fendrich, K.; Crisp, J. A.; Des Marais, D. J. ; Farmer, J. D. ; Grotzinger, J. P.; Morookian, J. M. and Schwenzer, S. P. (2016). High-Temperature, Perhaps Silicic, Volcanism on Mars Evidenced by Tridymite Detection in High-SiO2 Sedimentary Rock at Gale Crater, Mars. In: 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 21-25 March, 2016, Houston, Texas.
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