A habitable fluvio-lacustrine environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Grotzinger, J. P., Sumner, D. Y., Kah, L. C., Stack, K., Gupta, S., Edgar, L., Rubin, D., Lewis, K., Schieber, J., Mangold, N., Milliken, R., Conrad, P. G., DesMarais, D., Farmer, J., Siebach, K., Calef III, F., Hurowitz, J., McLennan, S. M., Ming, D., Vaniman, D., Crisp, J., Vasavada, A., Edgett, K. S., Malin, M., Blake, D., Gellert, R., Mahaffy, P., Wiens, R. C., Maurice, S., Grant, J. A., Wilson, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2013
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary; Yellowknife; Yellowknife Bay
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:319790

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