Using the chemical composition of carbonate rocks on Mars as a record of secondary interaction with liquid water

American Mineralogist

Volumn 98, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 897-906

  Hausrath, Elisabeth M ^a   Olsen, Amanda A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcite; Carbonates; Dissolution; Mars; Precipitation; Reactive transport modeling; Siderite; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATES; CARBONATION; DISSOLUTION; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; LIQUIDS; LOCATION; MAGNESITE; OXIDATION; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONCENTRATED SOLUTION; MARS; QUANTITATIVE INTERPRETATION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT CODES; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; SECONDARY INTERACTIONS; SIDERITE;

WEATHERING;

CALCITE; CARBONATE ROCK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; MAGNESITE; MARS; MINERALOGY; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTIVE TRANSPORT; RHODOCHROSITE; SIDERITE; WEATHERED MEDIUM;

EID: 84878279165     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2013.4187     Document Type: Article

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