Hydrous magmatism on Mars: A source of water for the surface and subsurface during the Amazonian

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 132-138

  McCubbin, Francis M ^a,b   Smirnov, Alexander ^b   Nekvasil, Hanna ^a   Wang, Jianhua ^b   Hauri, Erik ^b   Lindsley, Donald H ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chassigny; habitability; hydrous martian magmatism; kaersutite; SNC meteorite; water on Mars

Indexed keywords

FLOWING WATERS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MAGMATISMS; MARTIAN MAGMATISM; MARTIAN MANTLE; MARTIAN METEORITES; MARTIAN SURFACE; PRIMARY SOURCES; SNC METEORITES; SOURCE REGION; WATER ON MARS;

DEGASSING; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

METEORITES;

DEGASSING; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MAGMATISM; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY SURFACE; SNC METEORITE;

EID: 77249159811     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.028     Document Type: Article

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