An alkaline spring system within the Del Puerto ophiolite (California USA): A Mars analog site

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Planetary and Space Science

• Publication date

  2009-03-02

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science, Geology

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  DOI 10.1016/J.PSS.2008.11.018
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