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Understanding Martian Alteration Processes by Comparing In-Situ Chemical Measurements from Multiple Landing Sites
Yen, A S ; Gellert, R ; Morris, R V ; Ashley, J W ; Berger, J A ; Clark, B C ; Cohen, B A ; Ming, D W ; Mittlefehldt, D W ; O’Connell-Cooper, C D(University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada)
关键词: ACIDITY;    ALPHA PARTICLES;    BASALT;    CATIONS;    CHEMICAL COMPOSITION;    CORRELATION;    CRATERS;    DUST;    IN SITU MEASUREMENT;    LANDING SITES;    MARS EXPLORATION;    MARS SURFACE;    ROVING VEHICLES;    SOIL SAMPLING;    SOILS;    SPECTROSCOPY;    VOLCANOES;    X RAY SPECTROMETERS;   
RP-ID  :  JSC-E-DAA-TN70395
学科分类:天文学(综合)
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来源: NASA Technical Reports Server
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【 摘 要 】

Characterizing the history of aqueous activity at the martian surface has been an objective of the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) and the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). Although the geologic context of the three landing sites are different, comparisons across the datasets can provide greater insight than using data from one mission alone. The Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) is common to all three rovers (Spirit at Gusev crater, Opportunity at Meridiani Planum, and Curiosity at Gale crater) and provides a consistent basis for these comparisons. Soil and Dust: Fine grained basaltic soils and dust are remarkably uniform in chemical composition across multiple landing sites. These similarities in the concentrations of major, minor, and a few trace elements (Fig. 1) are indicative of planet-wide consistency in the composition of source materials for the soils. S and Cl vary by a factor of two in the soil and dust, but there is no clear association with any bulk cation (e.g., no correlation between S and total Ca, Mg, or Fe in soils). These volatile elements, however, are clearly associated with the nanophase-ferric iron component in the soil established by Mössbauer spectroscopy [1,2]. S and Cl likely originated as acidic species from volcanic out-gassing and subsequently coalesced on dust and sand grain surfaces, possibly with an affinity towards Fe3+ sites. Importantly, given the mobility of S and Cl in aqueous exposures, soil samples maintaining the typical molar S/Cl ratio of ~3.7:1 indicate minimal interactions with liquid water after the addition of S and Cl. In contrast to this well-established baseline, soil samples have been discovered at all three landing sites with atypical S/Cl ratios (e.g., subsurface soils), indicative of a more complex aqueous history.

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