Acid drainage generation and associated Ca-Fe-SO4 minerals in a periglacial environment, Eagle Plains, Northern Yukon, Canada: A potential analogue for low-temperature sulfate formation on Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 509-521

  Lacelle, Denis ^a   Léveillé, Richard ^a  

^a CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid drainage; Low temperature sulfate; Mars; Meridiani Planum; Periglacial region; Terrestrial analogue

Indexed keywords

ACID DRAINAGE; ACIDIC WATER; ACTIVE LAYER; BLACK SHALES; DIRECT OBSERVATION; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; JAROSITES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MERIDIANI PLANUM; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; MINERAL FORMATION; PERIGLACIAL; PHREEQC; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESS; SCHWERTMANNITE; SULFIDE OXIDATION; SUMMER SEASON;

ACIDS; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EVAPORATION; FREEZING; GYPSUM; HEMATITE; IRON ORES; ISOTOPES; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; VAPORS; WATER ANALYSIS;

SULFATE MINERALS;

EID: 76349095370     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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