Boron Enrichment in Martian Clay

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Stephenson, James D ^a   Hallis, Lydia J ^a,b   Nagashima, Kazuhide ^b   Freeland, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; RIBOSE; ALUMINUM SILICATE; CLAY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLAY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; GEOLOGY; MINERALOGY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; ASTROBIOLOGY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; MICROCLIMATE;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; BORON; EARTH (PLANET); EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; MARS; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

EID: 84878788539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064624     Document Type: Article

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