Soil texture and granulometry at the surface of Mars

Details Soil texture and granulometry at the surface of Mars Soil texture and granulometry at the surface of Mars

Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992msat.work...43d&link_type=abstract

In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Workshop on the Martian Surface and Atmosphere Through Time p 43-44 (SEE N92-28988 19-91)

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Albedo, Geomorphology, Grain Size, Mars Surface, Polarimetry, Soils, Structural Properties (Geology), Textures, Thermal Mapping, Maria, Mars 5 Spacecraft, Microstructure, Phase Shift, Regolith, Terrain, Thermal Emission, Viking Mars Program

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The microtexture of the near-surface Martian soil was sensed with three diagnostic parameters: (1) the albedo A at normal incidence and phase angle 5 degrees, which relates to the composition of the top surface exposed layer; (2) the polarization parameter b characterizes the texture of the top surface layer in terms of grain size; and (3) the thermal inertia parameter I which refers to the soil compaction through the first few decimeters below the top surface sensed by polarimetry, in terms of size for the pieces making a granular regolith. Parameter b was derived from instrument VPM on board the Soviet spacecraft MARS-5, inertial I is from IRTM on the American Viking, and albedo A from both. The polarimetric scans racked strips covering two contrasted regions, the dark hued Mare Erythraeum, and the adjacent bright orange Thaumasia. Erythraem is characterized everywhere by a same type of terrain, despite the large geomorphological diversity of the surface. There is an ubiquitous coating or mantling with small dark grains, of both albedo 12.7 percent and particle size 10 to 20 microns, above a subsurface dislocation in pieces around 300 to 600 microns. A simple model is with sand-size particles completely coated with 15 micron dark grains.

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