Understanding Jarosite-From mine waste to Mars

US Geological Survey Circular

Volumn , Issue 1328, 2008, Pages 8-13

  Swayze, Gregg A ^a   Desborough, George A ^a   Smith, Kathleen S ^a   Lowers, Heather A ^a   Hammarstrom, Jane M ^a   Diehl, Sharon F ^a   Leinz, Reinhard W ^a   Driscoll, Rhonda L ^a  

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