Detection of iron substitution in natroalunite-natrojarosite solid solutions and potential implications for Mars

American Mineralogist

Volumn 99, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 948-964

  McCollom, Thomas M ^a   Ehlmann, Bethany L ^b,c   Wang, Alian ^d   Hynek, Brian M ^a   Moskowitz, Bruce ^e,f   Berquó, Thelma S ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Minnesota   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g and Exercise Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidsulfate alteration; Alunite group; Hydrothermal; Mars; Raman spectra; Visible near infrared spectra

Indexed keywords

BASALT; INFRARED DEVICES; IRON; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; MINERALS; MOLYBDENUM METALLOGRAPHY; RAMAN SCATTERING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACID SULFATES; ALUNITE GROUP; HYDROTHERMAL; MARS; VISIBLE/NEAR INFRARED;

SOLID SOLUTIONS;

ALUNITE; BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FUMAROLE; IRON; JAROSITE; MARS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLID SOLUTION; SUBSTITUTION;

EID: 84902438782     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2014.4617     Document Type: Article

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