Decreasing CO2 partial pressure triggered Mg-Fe-Ca carbonate formation in ancient Martian crust preserved in the ALH84001 Meteorite

Geofluids

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-17

  Van Berk, W ^a   Ilger, J M ^a   Fu, Y ^a   Hansen, C ^b  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b IWW Rhenish Westfalian Inst W   (Germany)

Author keywords

ALH84001; Carbon dioxide; Carbonates; Groundwater; Martian crust; Modeling

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CRUST; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MARTIAN METEORITE; MASS TRANSFER; MODELING; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PLANETARY SURFACE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

EID: 79551497325     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2010.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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