Evidence from Opportunity's Microscopic Imager for water on Meridiani Planum.

KE, Herkenhoff; SW, Squyres; R, Arvidson; DS, Bass; JF 3rd, Bell; P, Bertelsen; BL, Ehlmann; W, Farrand; L, Gaddis; R, Greeley; J, Grotzinger; AG, Hayes; SF, Hviid; JR, Johnson; B, Jolliff; KM, Kinch; AH, Knoll; MB, Madsen; JN, Maki; SM, McLennan; HY, McSween; DW, Ming; JW Jr, Rice; L, Richter; M, Sims; PH, Smith; LA, Soderblom; N, Spanovich; R, Sullivan; S, Thompson; T, Wdowiak; C, Weitz; P, Whelley

doi:10.1126/science.1105286

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Evidence from Opportunity's Microscopic Imager for water on Meridiani Planum.

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Authors:

Herkenhoff KE

Squyres SW

Arvidson R

Abstract

The Microscopic Imager on the Opportunity rover analyzed textures of soils and rocks at Meridiani Planum at a scale of 31 micrometers per pixel. The uppermost millimeter of some soils is weakly cemented, whereas other soils show little evidence of cohesion. Rock outcrops are laminated on a millimete...

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