Contemporaneous deposition of phyllosilicates and sulfates: Using Australian acidic saline lake deposits to describe geochemical variability on Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Baldridge, A M ^a   Hook, S J ^a   Crowley, J K ^c   Marion, G M ^f   Kargel, J S ^e   Michalski, J L ^g   Thomson, B J ^h   De Souza Filho, C R ^d   Bridges, N T ^a   Brown, A J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI EARTH; AQUEOUS ALTERATION; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; GEOCHEMICAL VARIABILITY; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NEAR-SURFACE; NEUTRAL PH; PHYLLOSILICATE; PLAYA LAKE; SALINE LAKE; SHORT DISTANCES;

ALKALINITY; DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY;

SILICATES;

BRINE; FACIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; IRON; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MARS; PH; PHYLLOSILICATE; SALINE LAKE; SULFATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

HESPERIA;

EID: 72049099295     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040069     Document Type: Article

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