Aqueous Chemical Weathering of a Mars Analog Lithology: Kinetic Modeling for a Ferrar Dolerite Composition
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FOR A FERRAR DOLERITE COMPOSITION. A. C. McAdam, M. Yu. Zolotov, M. V. Mironenko, L. A. Leshin, and T. G. Sharp, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University, Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, [email protected], 2 Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 19 Kosygin Str., Moscow 119991, Russia, Sciences and Exploration Directorate, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771.
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