Magnetic study of an Antarctic weathering profile on basalt: Implications for recent weathering on Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 501-514

  Chevrier, V ^a   Mathe P E ^b   Rochette, P ^b   Gunnlaugsson, H P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ferrar dolerite; Mars; regolith; rock magnetism; weathering

Indexed keywords

DOLERITE; REGOLITH; ROCK MAGNETISM;

BASALT; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIZATION; WEATHERING;

MINERALOGY;

BASALT; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; REGOLITH; WEATHERING PROFILE;

EID: 33746547958     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.02.033     Document Type: Article

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