Isotopic signatures of extinct low-temperature hydrothermal chimneys in the Jaroso Mars analog

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 441-448

  Martínez Frías, Jesús ^a   Delgado Huertas, Antonio ^b   García Moreno, Francisco ^b   Reyes, Emilio ^b   Lunar, Rosario ^c   Rull, Fernando ^a,d  

^a CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon; Hydrothermal; Isotopes; Jarosite; Mars; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; ISOTOPES; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; ORIFICES; OXYGEN;

ANKERITE; CENTRAL ORIFICE; JAROSITE; JAROSO HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM (JHS);

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 33846955812     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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