Acid-sulfate weathering of synthetic Martian basalt: The acid fog model revisited

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Tosca, Nicholas J ^a   McLennan, Scott M ^a   Lindsley, Donald H ^a   Schoonen, Martin A A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid fog; Geochemistry; Mars; Silica; Sulfates; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ACID PRECIPITATION; BASALT; MARS; WEATHERING;

EID: 4043169030     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JE002218     Document Type: Article

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