Insights into the formation of Fe- and Mg-rich aqueous solutions on early Mars provided by the ALH 84001 carbonates

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 122-130

  Niles, Paul B ^a   Zolotov, Mikhail Yu ^b   Leshin, Laurie A ^c  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ALH 84001; aqueous solutions; carbon dioxide; carbonates; Mars; meteorite

Indexed keywords

ALH 84001; AQUEOUS ALTERATION; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELING; ELEVATED CO; FLUID COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC PATTERN; LOW TEMPERATURES; MARS; MOLE RATIO; NEAR-SURFACE; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; ISOTOPES; METEORITES; PH; PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

SOLUTIONS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; FLUID COMPOSITION; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNESIUM; MARS; METEORITE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; ZONING;

EID: 69549133367     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.06.039     Document Type: Article

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