Diverse mineralogies in two troughs of Noctis Labyrinthus, Mars

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 899-902

  Weitz, Catherine M ^a   Bishop, Janice L ^b   Thollot, Patrick ^c   Mangold, Nicolas ^c   Roach, Leah H ^d  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d Frontier Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PROCESS; BEIDELLITE; CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; HYDRATED SILICA; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; JAROSITES; MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITERS; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; SMECTITES; THARSIS; VOLCANIC ASH;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GALLIUM; GROUNDWATER; HYDRATION; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; LEACHING; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MINERALS; SILICA; VOLCANOES;

MINERALOGY;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FUMAROLE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MARS; MINERAL; MINERALOGY; TROUGH; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANISM;

HESPERIA;

EID: 80053949759     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32045.1     Document Type: Article

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