40Ar-39Ar studies of whole rock nakhlites: Evidence for the timing of formation and aqueous alteration on Mars

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 755-766

  Swindle, Timothy D ^a   Olson, Erik K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; MARS; MARTIAN METEORITE; PETROGENESIS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 2642566112     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00117.x     Document Type: Article

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