An experimental study on kinetically-driven precipitation of calcium-magnesium-iron carbonates from solution: Implications for the low-temperature formation of carbonates in martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 457-465

  Golden, D C ^a   Ming, D W ^b   Schwandt, C S ^c   Morris, R V ^b   Yang, S V ^c   Lofgren, G E ^b  

^a Hernandez Engineering   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLAN HILLS METEORITE; CARBONATE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MARTIAN METEORITE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 0034121165     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2000.tb01428.x     Document Type: Article

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