The sulfur content of volcanic gases on Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 279, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 34-43

  Gaillard, Fabrice ^a   Scaillet, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

atmosphere; basalt; mantle; Mars; redox; sulfur; volcanic degassing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; MANTLE; MARS; REDOX; VOLCANIC DEGASSING;

BASALT; DEGASSING; GASES; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SULFATE MINERALS; VOLCANOES;

SULFUR;

BASALT; DEGASSING; MAGMA; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MARS; REGOLITH; SULFUR; THERMOCHEMISTRY; VOLCANIC GLASS;

EID: 60549116298     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.12.028     Document Type: Article

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