Evidence for weathering on early Mars from a comparison with terrestrial weathering profiles

Icarus

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 257-268

  Gaudin, A ^a   Dehouck, E ^a   Mangold, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Mars, Climate; Mars, Surface; Mineralogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053544575     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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