Fe oxidation processes at Meridiani Planum and implications for secondary Fe mineralogy on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Tosca, Nicholas J ^a,b   McLennan, Scott M ^a   Dyar, M Darby ^c   Sklute, Elizabeth C ^c   Michel, F Marc ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; GOETHITE; HEMATITE; IRON; JAROSITE; MARS; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; PH; SEDIMENT;

EID: 48749101096     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE003019     Document Type: Article

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