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Weathering of Martian Surface Rocks

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Chemistry and Physics of Terrestrial Planets

Part of the book series: Advances in Physical Geochemistry ((PHYSICAL GEOCHE,volume 6))

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The early 1960s marked the beginning of an extremely important trend in Martian investigation, i.e., exploration by space missions. From 1962 to 1976 more than a dozen spacecraft in the framework Mars, Mariner, and Viking space missions were launched, providing new and important data on the composition and structure of the Martian atmosphere and soil, as well as data on the planet’s physical characteristics.

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Sidorov, Y.I., Zolotov, M.Y. (1986). Weathering of Martian Surface Rocks. In: Saxena, S.K. (eds) Chemistry and Physics of Terrestrial Planets. Advances in Physical Geochemistry, vol 6. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4928-3_5

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