Jarosite in a Pleistocene East African saline-alkaline paleolacustrine deposit: Implications for Mars aqueous geochemistry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  McHenry, Lindsay J ^a   Chevrier, Vincent ^b   Schörder, Christian ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; JAROSITE; MARS; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; PLEISTOCENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 79954465698     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003680     Document Type: Article

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