Response of sandstone to atmospheric heating during the STONE 5 experiment: Implications for the palaeofluid record in meteorites

Icarus

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 282-290

  Parnell, John ^a   Mark, Darren ^a   Brandstätter, Franz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Exobiology; Meteorites; Mineralogy; Thermal histories

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549085043     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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