How long was Meridiani Planum wet? Applying a jarosite stopwatch to determine the duration of aqueous diagenesis

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 635-638

  Madden, Megan E Elwood ^a   Madden, Andrew S ^a   Rimstidt, J Donald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS FLUIDS; DISSOLUTION RATES; FERRIC SULFATE; JAROSITES; MERIDIANI PLANUM; SATURATED BRINES; SHORT PERIODS; VARYING TEMPERATURE;

IONIC STRENGTH; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON ORES; OPTICAL GLASS; OXIDE MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

DISSOLUTION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; HEMATITE; JAROSITE; SPHERULE;

SPHERULES;

EID: 69649105651     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25639A.1     Document Type: Article

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