Serpentinization of the martian crust during Noachian

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 184-193

  Quesnel, Yoann ^a,b   Sotin, Christophe ^c,d   Langlais, Benoit ^d,e   Costin, Simona ^f   Mandea, Mioara ^a   Gottschalk, Matthias ^a   Dyment, Jérome ^g  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^g INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

dichotomy; early evolution; magnetite; magnetization; Mars; Noachian; serpentinization

Indexed keywords

DICHOTOMY; EARLY EVOLUTION; MARS; NOACHIAN; SERPENTINIZATION;

ATMOSPHERICS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; IRON ORES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETS; OXIDE MINERALS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MARS; MODELING; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SERPENTINIZATION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 57849163512     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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