Is Tridymite a Witness of Explosive Volcanism in Early Mars?
Abstract
Reviewing terrestrial literature and running thermodynamical models, we propose that the monoclinic tridymite in a Si-rich mudstone in Gale Crater, Mars is the witness of an explosive silicic eruption that could have happened thousands of km away.
- Publication:
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52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2021
- Bibcode:
- 2021LPI....52.1707P