Sedimentary Geochemistry on Mars: Major Element Evidence from Pathfinder and Viking
Abstract
Martian soil and rock chemistry may be influenced by sedimentary processes such as weathering and mineral fractionation during transport. Soils provide an estimate of the martian upper crust which approximates to typical basaltic shergottites.
- Publication:
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Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 1999
- Bibcode:
- 1999LPI....30.1700M