Are Noachian/hesperian Acidic Waters Key to Generating Mars’ Regional-scale Aluminum Phyllosilicates? the Importance of Jarosite Co-occurrences with Al-phyllosilicate Units
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phyllosilicates, jarosite has been found in associationwith the Al-phyllosilicate unit (Fig. 3; 11; 25]. Terra Sirenum hosts jarosite in sediments within paleolakes but it has not yet been found in plateau phyllosilicates. Libya Montes and Hellas are still to be examined in our global survey. ARE NOACHIAN/HESPERIAN ACIDIC WATERS KEY TO GENERATING MARS’ REGIONAL-SCALE ALUMINUM PHYLLOSILICATES? THE IMPORTANCE OF JAROSITE CO-OCCURRENCES WITH AL-PHYLLOSILICATE UNITS. B. L. Ehlmann 1,2 and M. Dundar 3 , 1 Division of Geological and Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA ([email protected]). 2 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. 3 Dept. of Computer & Information Science, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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تاریخ انتشار 2015