Can alteration experiments on impact melts from El'gygytgyn and volcanic glasses shed new light on the formation of the Martian surface?

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1287-1295

  Hellevang, Helge ^a   Dypvik, Henning ^a   Kalleson, Elin ^a   Pittarello, Lidia ^b   Koeberl, Christian ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

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EID: 84880175258     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maps.12046     Document Type: Article

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