Geochemical consequences of widespread clay mineral formation in Mars' ancient crust

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 329-364

  Ehlmann, Bethany L ^b   Berger, Gilles ^c   Mangold, Nicolas ^d   Michalski, Joseph R ^e,f   Catling, David C ^g   Ruff, Steven W ^h   Chassefière, Eric ⁱ   Niles, Paul B ^j   Chevrier, Vincent ^k   Poulet, Francois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^e PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^j NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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Author keywords

Alteration; Clay minerals; Geochemistry; Mars; Mineralogy; Noachian; Phyllosilicates; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION; AQUEOUS ALTERATION; CHLORIDE SALTS; CLAY ASSEMBLAGES; CLAY FORMATION; CLAY-MINERAL FORMATION; CRUSTAL RESERVOIRS; CURRENT ANALYSIS; ENDMEMBERS; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; HYDRATED SILICATE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MARS; NEAR-SURFACE; NOACHIAN; PHYLLOSILICATES; SEDIMENTARY CLAY; SEDIMENTARY RESERVOIRS; SMECTITES; SPACE AND TIME; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS; WATERBODIES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; KAOLINITE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATES; STRATIGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84871780802     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-012-9930-0     Document Type: Article

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