The chemical variability at the surface of Mars: Implication for sediment formation and rock weathering

Icarus

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-29

  Kolb, Christoph ^a,b   Martín Fernández, Josep A ^c   Abart, Rainer ^d   Lammer, Helmut ^a  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; evolution; Geochemistry; Geological processes; Mars; surface; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646935228     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.01.020     Document Type: Article

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