Spectral Analysis of Diagenetic Minerals in the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone: Implications for Paleo-groundwater Geochemistry and Hematite on Mars
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IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEO-GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEMATITE ON MARS. B. Beitler, and M. A. Chan, W. T. Parry, J. Ormö, G. Komatsu, University of Utah, Department of Geology and Geophysics, (135 South 1460 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, [email protected]), Centro de Astrobiología (INTA/CSIC), (Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Ctra de Torrejón a Ajalvir, km 4, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain), International Research School of Planetary Sciences, Università d’Annunzio, (Viale Pindaro 42, 65127 Pescara, Italy).
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