Constraints on the distribution of CaSO4·nH2O phases on Mars and implications for their contribution to the hydrological cycle

Icarus

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 407-417

  Robertson, Kevin ^a   Bish, David ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental techniques; Mars; Mars, Surface; Mineralogy; Regoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873276282     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.10.028     Document Type: Article

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