Hydrothermal hydration of Martian crust: Illustration via geochemical model calculations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 102, Issue E4, 1997, Pages 9135-9143

  Griffith, Laura L ^a   Shock, Everett L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkyl nitrate nitration; Ion cyclotron resonance; Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization; Methyl nitrate; Molecular ion; Negative ions; Radial velocity distribution; Resonance stabilized anions

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL RADICAL; MINERAL; SILICATE; WATER;

ALTERATION; HYDRATION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BASALT; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL MODEL; GEOLOGY; HEAT; ICELAND; MICROCLIMATE; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; SEDIMENT;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; HEAT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ICELAND; MARS; METEOROIDS; MINERALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SILICATES; WATER;

MARS;

EID: 0030770087     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JE02939     Document Type: Article

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