Jarosite, argon diffusion, and dating aqueous mineralization on Earth and Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 310, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 314-318

  Kula, Joseph ^a   Baldwin, Suzanne L ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argon diffusion; Dating aqueous environments; Jarosite; Mars; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; ARIDIFICATION; COOLING RATES; DIFFUSION KINETICS; FORWARD MODELING; FRACTIONAL LOSS; GAS RELEASE; GROWTH AGES; JAROSITE; JAROSITES; MARS; MARTIAN SURFACE; SUPERGENE; SURFACE PROCESS; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DIFFUSION; GALLIUM;

ARGON;

ARGON ISOTOPE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; ARIDIFICATION; CLOSURE TEMPERATURE; EARTH; FORWARD MODELING; JAROSITE; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; MINERALIZATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; WEATHERING;

EID: 80053351991     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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