The stability of sulfate and hydrated sulfate minerals near ambient conditions and their significance in environmental and planetary sciences

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 734-758

  Chou, I Ming ^a   Seal, Robert R ^a   Wang, Alian ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Humidity and temperature; Hydrated sulfate minerals; Metal sulfate; Planetary occurrence; Terrestrial occurrence; Thermodynamics and kinetics

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HUMIDITY; HYDRATION; MARS; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; P-T CONDITIONS; REACTION KINETICS; SULFATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EMMELICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 84872776343     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.11.027     Document Type: Review

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