Magmatic precipitation as a possible origin of Noachian clays on Mars

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 739-743

  Meunier, Alain ^a   Petit, Sabine ^a   Ehlmann, Bethany L ^b   Dudoignon, Patrick ^a   Westall, Frances ^c   Mas, Antoine ^a   El Albani, Abderrazak ^a   Ferrage, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; MAGMATISM; MAGNESIUM; MARS; METEORITE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGOLITH; WEATHERING;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; MURUROA; TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO;

HESPERIA;

EID: 84867005694     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1572     Document Type: Article

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