Martian subsurface fluid pathways and 3D mineralogy of the Nakhla meteorite

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-110

  Needham, A W ^a,b   Abel, R L ^b,c   Tomkinson, T ^a   Grady, M M ^a,b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HALITE; MARS; MARTIAN METEORITE; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; OLIVINE; PLANETARY SURFACE; PYROXENE; SECONDARY MINERAL; SULFATE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY; FLUID FLOW;

EID: 84880632586     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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