Modeling hot spring chemistries with applications to martian silica formation

Icarus

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 629-642

  Marion, G M ^a   Catling, D C ^b   Crowley, J K ^c   Kargel, J S ^d  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars, Surface; Mineralogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952902031     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.01.035     Document Type: Article

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