Thermodynamic and mass balance constraints on iron-bearing phyllosilicate formation and alteration pathways on early Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2124-2136

  Catalano, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

iron; Mars; nontronite; oxidation; phyllosilicates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892918120     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21699100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgre.20161     Document Type: Article

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