Early diagenesis by modern acid brines in western Australia and implications for the history of sedimentary modification on mars

SEPM Special Publications

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 229-252

  Bowen, Brenda B ^a   Benison, Kathleen C ^b   Story, Stacy ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid; brine; diagenesis; Mars; sedimentology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879028250     PISSN: 1060071X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2110/pec.12.102.0229     Document Type: Article

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