Glacial Meltwater as a Source of Amorphous Silica on Early Mars
Abstract
Cold-climate silica cycling on mafic volcanics due to glacial meltwater alteration is a significant terrestrial weathering process. Amorphous silica deposits on Mars could be interpreted as mineralogical evidence for past ice sheet melt.
- Publication:
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Fourth International Conference on Early Mars: Geologic, Hydrologic, and Climatic Evolution and the Implications for Life
- Pub Date:
- October 2017
- Bibcode:
- 2017LPICo2014.3070R