Primordial clays on Mars formed beneath a steam or supercritical atmosphere

Kevin M. Cannon (), Stephen W. Parman and John F. Mustard
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Kevin M. Cannon: Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University
Stephen W. Parman: Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University
John F. Mustard: Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University

Nature, 2017, vol. 552, issue 7683, 88-91

Abstract: Many Martian clays formed when Mars’ primary crust reacted with a water/carbon dioxide steam or supercritical atmosphere and subsequent impacts and volcanism caused the distribution of clay exposures seen today.

Date: 2017
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