Antarctic permafrost: An analogue for water and diagenetic minerals on Mars

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 199-202

  Dickinson, Warren W ^a   Rosen, Michael R ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Brine; Diagenesis; Dry Valleys; Ground ice; Mars; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

BRINE FILMS;

FREEZING; MINERALS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; VAPORS;

ICE;

DIAGENESIS; ICE; MARS; NATURAL ANALOG; PERMAFROST; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0037344807     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0199:APAAFW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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