Ancient plutonic processes on Mars inferred from the detection of possible anorthositic terrains

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1008-1012

  Carter, J ^a   Poulet, F ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; CRUST; CRYSTALLIZATION; IRON; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; MARS; MELT; MINERALOGY; PLAGIOCLASE; PLUTON; PLUTONISM; SILICATE; SOLAR SYSTEM; TERRAIN;

EID: 84888994682     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1995     Document Type: Article

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