Low-temperature mechanism for formation of coarse crystalline hematite through nanoparticle aggregation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 298, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 377-384

  Madden, A S ^a   Hamilton, V E ^b   Madden, M E Elwood ^a   Larson, P R ^a   Miller, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hematite; Mars; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS ALTERATION; BASAL PLANES; GRAIN SIZE; GROUNDWATER MODELS; HEMATITE NANOPARTICLES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MARS; MERIDIANI PLANUM; MICRO-SCALES; NANO SCALE; NANOPARTICLE AGGREGATE; NANOPARTICLE AGGREGATION; NANOPARTICLE SUSPENSION; NEW MECHANISMS; RE-EVALUATION; SMOOTH SURFACE; THERMAL EMISSIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

ALIGNMENT; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FREEZING; GROUNDWATER; IRON ORES; NANOPARTICLES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); THAWING;

HEMATITE;

AGGREGATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EVAPORATION; GRAIN SIZE; HEMATITE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MARS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SPHERULES;

EID: 77957306189     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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