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The discovery of Lake Hephaestus, the youngest athalassohaline deep-sea formation on Earth

Hydrated, magnesium-rich minerals and subglacial brines exist on the martian surface, so the habitability of high-Mg(2+) environments on Earth has extraterrestrial (as well as terrestrial) implications. Here, we report the discovery of a MgCl(2)-dominated (4.72 M) brine lake on the floor of the Medi...

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Autores principales: La Cono, Violetta, Bortoluzzi, Giovanni, Messina, Enzo, La Spada, Gina, Smedile, Francesco, Giuliano, Laura, Borghini, Mireno, Stumpp, Christine, Schmitt-Kopplin, Philippe, Harir, Mourad, O’Neill, William K., Hallsworth, John E., Yakimov, Michail
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6368551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30737448
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-38444-z