Insights into the redox history of the NWA 1068/1110 martian basalt from mineral equilibria and vanadium oxybarometry

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1616-1627

  Herd, Christopher D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basalt; Martian; Oxybarometry; Oxygen fugacity; Partitioning; Spinel; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHROMITE; FELDSPAR; ILMENITE; MAGNETITE; OLIVINE; OXYGEN; VANADIUM;

MARTIAN; OXYBAROMETRY; OXYGEN FUGACITY; PARTITIONING; SPINEL;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BASALT; CHROMITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MARS; MATRIX; MEGACRYST; METEORITE; OLIVINE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SPINEL; TEXTURE; VANADIUM;

EID: 33845652191     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.2104     Document Type: Article

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