Low temperature aqueous ferric sulfate solutions on the surface of Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Chevrier, Vincent F ^a   Altheide, Travis S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUTECTICS; EVAPORATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; SULFUR; VAPORS;

EUTECTIC TEMPERATURES; EVAPORATION PROCESS; EVAPORATION RATES; FERRIC SULFATES; FLOW FEATURES; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; HIGH LATITUDES; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOW WATERS; LOW-TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; OXIDIZING ENVIRONMENTS; PURE WATERS; SUBSURFACE LIQUIDS; THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BRINE; EVAPORATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 60149094995     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035489     Document Type: Article

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