Characteristics of terrestrial ferric oxide concretions and implications for mars

SEPM Special Publications

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 253-270

  Chan, Marjorie A ^a   Potter, Sally L ^a   Bowen, Brenda B ^b   Parry, W T ^a   Barge, Laura M ^c,d   Seiler, Winston ^a,e   Petersen, Erich U ^a   Bowman, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns formation; concretion; diagenesis; Mars; Navajo Sandstone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879134585     PISSN: 1060071X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2110/pec.12.102.0253     Document Type: Article

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