A new geochemical study shows that short-lived warm and wet episodes during a globally cold early Mars could have formed the clay deposits detected on the Martian surface. This model can reconcile climate models with mineralogical and geomorphological evidence.
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Bridges, J.C. Meeting models and mineralogy. Nat Astron 2, 190–191 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-018-0412-5
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