Pedogenic hematitic concretions from the Triassic New Haven Arkose, Connecticut: Implications for understanding Martian diagenetic processes

Chemical Geology

Volumn 312-313, Issue , 2012, Pages 195-208

  Wilson, J H ^a   McLennan, S M ^a   Glotch, T D ^a   Rasbury, E T ^a   Gierlowski Kordesch, E H ^b   Tappero, R V ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagenetic processes; Geochemistry; Mars; Sedimentary concretions

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL MAPPING; COARSER GRAINS; DIAGENETIC PROCESS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; ENRICHMENT PATTERNS; INTERMEDIATE RESULTS; IRON CONTENT; LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; MARS; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; MEAN DIAMETER; OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS; SANDY MUDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY CONCRETIONS; SOIL CONDITIONS; STANDARD DEVIATION; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY FLUORESCENCES; TRIASSIC;

CEMENTS; CERIUM; CLAY MINERALS; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; LEAD; MANGANESE; NIOBIUM; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZIRCONIUM;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CONCRETION; DIAGENESIS; ELEMENT MOBILITY; IMMOBILIZATION; MARS; MONTMORILLONITE; QUARTZ; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPHERULE; TEXTURE; TRIASSIC;

SPHERULES;

EID: 84861335042     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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