Zeolite Formation and Weathering Processes in Dry Valleys of Antartica: Martian Analogs

• Main Authors: Socki, R. A., McKay, D. S., Wentworth, S. J., Gibson, E. K., Jr.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Space Sciences (General); Antarctic; Wright Valley; Gusev; Antarc*; Antarctica; antartic*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20110011293

Terrestrial weathering processes in cold-desert climates such as the Dry Valleys of Antarctica may provide an excellent analog to chemical weathering and diagenesis of soils on Mars. Detailed studies of soil development and the chemical and mineralogical alterations occurring within soil columns in...