Simulating weathering of basalt on Mars and Earth by thermal cycling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Viles, Heather ^a   Ehlmann, Bethany ^b   Wilson, Colin F ^a   Cebula, Tomasz ^a   Page, Mark ^a   Bourke, Mary ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BASALT; SOIL MECHANICS;

DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL CYCLING; HOT ARID; PHYSICAL WEATHERING; PRE-STRESSED; PRE-TREATMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; STRENGTH GAIN; STRESS HISTORY;

WEATHERING;

BASALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; COOLING; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; EARTH; HEATING; MARS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE EFFECT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SALT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHERING;

EID: 77957596314     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043522     Document Type: Article

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