Resolving the conundrum of equilibrium solubility of smectites
Stephen U. Aja
Abstract:Smectites are common clay minerals in surface and near surface terrestrial environments and have recently been shown to be ubiquitous on Mars. Because these minerals are products of water-rock interaction, the thermodynamics of their interaction with fluids constitutes a vital part of resolving the utility of smectite mineralizations as petrogenetic and paleoenvironmental indicators on both Mars and Earth's near surface environments. Smectites, and other clay minerals of comparable compositional complexity, ha… Show more
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