Chemical and Mineralogical Characterization of a Hematite-Bearing Ridge on Mauna Kea, Hawaii: A Potential Mineralogical Process Analog for the Mount Sharp Hematite Ridge
- Author:
- Adams, M. E., Arvidson, R.E., Catalano, J. G., Fraeman, A. A., Graff, T. G., Hamilton, J. C., Mertzman, S., Ming, D.W., Morris, R. V.
- Title:
- Chemical and Mineralogical Characterization of a Hematite-Bearing Ridge on Mauna Kea, Hawaii: A Potential Mineralogical Process Analog for the Mount Sharp Hematite Ridge
- Periodical:
- 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 17-21, 2014
- Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 2019-2020
- Subject:
- Basalt Mauna Kea Mars (Planet) Mauna Kea volcano Mineralogy
- Summary:
- The authors discribed the occurrence of a layer of hematite-bearing breccia on the Puu Poliahu cinder cone near the summit of Mauna Kea Volcano in Hawaii, which represented a potential terrestrial mineralogical and process analog for the Gale Crater hematite ridge on Mars.
- URL:
- http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2014/pdf/2019.pdf
- Collection:
- Monographs