Browsing Department of Geography by Author "Herkenhoff, K. E."
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Light-toned salty soils and coexisting Si-rich species discovered by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in Columbia Hills
Wang, Alian; Bell, J. F. III; Li, Ron; Johnson, J. R.; Farrand, W. H.; Cloutis, E. A.; Arvidson, R. E.; Crumpler, L.; Squyres, S. W.; McLennan, S. M.; Herkenhoff, K. E.; Ruff, S. W.; Knudson, A. T.; Chen, Wei; Greenberger, R. (Journal of Geophysical Research, 2008-12-19)Light-toned soils were exposed, through serendipitous excavations by Spirit Rover wheels, at eight locations in the Columbia Hills. Their occurrences were grouped into four types on the basis of geomorphic settings. At ... -
Temporal observations of bright soil exposures at Gusev crater, Mars
Rice, M. S.; Bell, J. F. III; Cloutis, E. A.; Wray, J. J.; Herkenhoff, K. E.; Sullivan, R.; Johnson, J. R.; Anderson, R. B (Journal of Geophysical Research, 2011-01-27)The Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has discovered bright soil deposits in its wheel tracks that previously have been confirmed to contain ferric sulfates and/or opaline silica. Repeated Pancam multispectral observations ...