Nascent Jarosite Mineralization of Sulphur Springs, St. Lucia, W.i.: Implications for Meridiani Jarosite Formation
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FOR MERIDIANI JAROSITE FORMATION. J. P. Greenwood 1 , M. S. Gilmore 1 , R. E. Blake 2 , A. M. Martini 3 , M. Gomes 1 , S. Tracy 3 , M. D. Dyar 4 , J. A. Gilmore 5 , and J. Varekamp 1 , 1 Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, 2 Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Kline Geology Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, 3 Dept. of Geology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, 4 Dept. of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, 5 Brooklyn, NY ([email protected]).
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