Denticles on chain silicate grain surfaces and their utility as indicators of weathering conditions on earth and Mars

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 80, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 771-780

  Velbel, Michael A ^a   Losiak, Anna I ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; DISSOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHERING;

AQUEOUS ALTERATION; AQUEOUS CORROSION; AQUEOUS DISSOLUTION; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS; NEAR-SURFACE MATERIALS; ORIENTATION RELATIONSHIP; WEATHERING CONDITIONS;

SILICATE MINERALS;

AMPHIBOLE; EARTH; LOW TEMPERATURE; MARS; MORPHOMETRY; PYROXENE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SILICATE MINERAL; WEATHERING;

EID: 77958454940     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2010.074     Document Type: Article

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