Aqueous Alteration of Ultramafic Rocks in Oman: an Analog for Understanding Carbonate and Serpentine on Mars
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UNDERSTANDING CARBONATE AND SERPENTINE ON MARS. B.L. Ehlmann, P.B. Kelemen, P. Pinet, J.F. Mustard, P. Launeau, G. Ceuleneer. Geological & Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, IRAP/CNRS, OMP, Toulouse, Geological Sciences, Brown University, Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique, UMR-CNRS, Nantes, GET/CNRS, OMP,Toulouse
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تاریخ انتشار 2012