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Orbital Evidence for Clay and Acidic Sulfate Assemblages on Mars Based on Mineralogical Analogs from Rio Tinto, Spain Orbital evidence for clay and acidic sulfate assemblages on Mars based on mineralogical analogs from Rio Tinto, Spain The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Kaplan, Hannah H., Ralph E. Milliken, David Fernández-Remolar, Ricardo Amils, Kevin Robertson, and Andrew H. Knoll. 2016. “Orbital Evidence for Clay and Acidic Sulfate Assemblages on Mars Based on Mineralogical Analogs from Rio Tinto, Spain.” Icarus 275 (September): 45–64. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.03.019. 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