Silica coatings in the Ka u Desert, Hawaii, a Mars analog terrain: A micromorphological, spectral, chemical, and isotopic study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Chemtob, Steven M ^a   Jolliff, Bradley L ^b   Rossman, George R ^a   Eiler, John M ^a   Arvidson, Raymond E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COATING; CRATER; DISSOLUTION; JAROSITE; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SILICA; SPHERULE;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KILAUEA; UNITED STATES;

SPHERULES;

EID: 77951063909     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003473     Document Type: Article

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