Needham, A. ; Abel, R. L.; Tomkinson, T.; Johnson, D. and Grady, M. M.
(2011).
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Abstract
Fluids in a near-surface environment on Mars were responsible for the formation and alteration of many minerals in the nakhlite meteorites. Halite is one of a range of such secondary minerals that includes clays, carbonates, sulphates, oxides, and iron oxy-hydroxides which may have formed at different times, under different fluid flow regimes (groundwater, hydrothermal, crater lake), experiencing a range of water-rock ratios, evaporative histories, and varying degrees of interaction with the atmosphere and bedrock.
We present here the results of a combined computed tomography and electron microscopy investigation focusing on the formation of halite in the Nakhla meteorite.
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| Copyright Holders: | 2011 The Authors |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Science > Physical Sciences Science |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research (CEPSAR) |
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| Item ID: | 33565 |
| Depositing User: | Patricia Taylor |
| Date Deposited: | 17 May 2012 09:37 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2012 14:26 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/33565 |
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