Diagenesis on Mars: Insights into Noble Gas Pathways and Newly Formed Mineral Assemblages from Long Term Experiments
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MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES FROM LONG TERM EXPERIMENTS. S. P. Schwenzer, J. C. Bridges, M. A. Miller, L. J. Hicks, U. Ott, J. Filiberto, C. Chavez, H. Smith, A. H. Treiman, S. P. Kelley, J. M. Moore, T. D. Swindle, M. A. Bullock – The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK, [email protected]; Space Research Centre, University of Leicester, UK; Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, Texas 78228; ATOMKI, Debrecen, Hungary; MPI, Mainz, Germany; Southern Illinois University, MC 4324, Carbondale, IL 62901; NASA Ames Research Center, MS 245-3, Moffett Field, CA 94035; Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058; Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut St., Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80302.
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