Phase equilibrium investigations of the Adirondack class basalts from the Gusev plains, Gusev crater, Mars

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-148

  Monders, Anna G ^a   Médard, Etienne ^a   Grove, Timothy L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MANTLE CONVECTION; MARS; OLIVINE; ORTHOPYROXENE; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PRESSURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLCANO;

EID: 33846430470     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00222.x     Document Type: Article

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