Segregation of olivine grains in volcanic sands in Iceland and implications for Mars
International audience Basaltic sands cover several plains in volcanic regions on Earth and dominate the aeolian sediments on Mars but basaltic sands are not as well characterized as felsic sands. The Lambahraun sandy-lava plain in Iceland was chosen as a martian analog to study the physical sorting...
Published in: | Earth and Planetary Science Letters |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
Other Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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HAL CCSD
2011
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Online Access: | https://hal.science/hal-00628120 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.025 |