Thermal alteration of nontronite and montmorillonite: Implications for the martian surface

Icarus

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 721-734

  Gavin, Patricia ^a   Chevrier, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars, Surface; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954660333     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.02.027     Document Type: Article

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