Short- and long-term olivine weathering in svalbard: Implications for mars

Astrobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1079-1092

  Hausrath, E M ^a,b,j   Treiman, A H ^c   Vicenzi, E ^d   Bish, D L ^e   Blake, D ^f   Sarrazin, P ^g   Hoehler, T ^f   Midtkandal, I ^h   Steele, A ⁱ   Brantley, S L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g inXitu Inc   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

ⁱ GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j Versity of Nevada Las Vegas ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

CheMin; Glass; Hydrothermal; Mars; Olivine; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT; GLASS; IRON DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM ORTHOSILICATE; OLIVINE; SILICATE; SILICON; SILICON DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; MICROCLIMATE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; VOLCANO; WEATHER;

ELEMENTS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GLASS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MARS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POROSITY; SILICATES; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SVALBARD; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; WATER; WEATHER;

EID: 66149184684     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2007.0195     Document Type: Article

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