Carbonates in Martian meteorite ALH84001: A planetary perspective on formation temperature

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 819-822

  Hutchins, Kevin S ^a   Jakosky, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBONATES; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; METEORITES; OXYGEN; PLANETS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CARBON; GROUNDWATER;

MARTIAN METEORITE FORMATION TEMPERATURE;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; CARBONATES;

ALH84001; CARBONATE; FORMATION TEMPERATURE; MARTIAN METEORITE;

FORMATION TEMPERATURE; GROUNDWATER SALINITIES; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LOSS MECHANISMS; MARTIAN METEORITES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PRIOR EVOLUTION; STABLE ISOTOPES;

EID: 0031126388     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00686     Document Type: Article

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