Submicron magnetite grains and carbon compounds in martian meteorite ALH84001: Inorganic, abiotic formation by shock and thermal metamorphism

Astrobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 369-392

  Treiman, Allan H ^a  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic formation; ALH84001 Martian meteorite; Inorganic; Shock impact; Thermal metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON; MAGNETITE; OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CARBON COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; CARBONATES; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; HEAT; IRON; MARS; METEOROIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 2942629929     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110703769016451     Document Type: Article

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