Prolonged magmatic activity on Mars inferred from the detection of felsic rocks

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1013-1017

  Wray, James J ^a   Hansen, Sarah T ^a   Dufek, Josef ^a   Swayze, Gregg A ^b   Murchie, Scott L ^c   Seelos, Frank P ^c   Skok, John R ^d   Irwin, Rossman P ^e   Ghiorso, Mark S ^f  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^f OFM Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRATER; CRYSTALLIZATION; DETECTION METHOD; FELDSPAR; FELSIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; MARS; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PLATE TECTONICS; QUARTZ; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; THERMODYNAMICS; UPPER CRUST; VOLCANISM;

EID: 84889059163     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1994     Document Type: Article

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