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Aug 2026
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Zihan Zhang, Jie Meng, Li Wang, Dongpo Wang, Changdong Li, Helge Hellevang, Gongji Zhang. Water Retention in Martian Clays under Modern Martian Environments. Journal of Earth Science, 2026, 37(4): 2037-2043. doi: 10.1007/s12583-026-0512-6
Citation: Zihan Zhang, Jie Meng, Li Wang, Dongpo Wang, Changdong Li, Helge Hellevang, Gongji Zhang. Water Retention in Martian Clays under Modern Martian Environments. Journal of Earth Science, 2026, 37(4): 2037-2043. doi: 10.1007/s12583-026-0512-6

Water Retention in Martian Clays under Modern Martian Environments

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  • Electronic Supplementary Materials: Supplementary materials (Notes N1–N4, Figures S1–S3) are available in the online version of this article at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-026-0512-6.
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