PH and salinity evolution of Europa's brines: Raman spectroscopy study of fractional precipitation at 1 and 300 bar

Astrobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 693-702

  Muñoz Iglesias, Victoria ^a,b   Bonales, Laura J ^a,b   Prieto Ballesteros, Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemical evolution; Europa; Raman spectroscopy; Salts; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER; SODIUM CARBONATE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; PH; PRECIPITATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SALINITY;

CARBONATES; FRACTIONAL PRECIPITATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; JUPITER; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SULFATES;

EID: 84882426405     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2012.0900     Document Type: Article

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