Spectral and thermodynamic constraints on the existence of gypsum at the Juventae Chasma on Mars

Details Spectral and thermodynamic constraints on the existence of gypsum at the Juventae Chasma on Mars Spectral and thermodynamic constraints on the existence of gypsum at the Juventae Chasma on Mars

Jul 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009p%26ss...57..975k&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science, Volume 57, Issue 8-9, p. 975-981.

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The spectral imaging of the Mars obtained with the Mars Express/OMEGA experiment demonstrates that a majority of the sulfates-rich regions are associated with the interior light-toned layered deposits within the canyon system in the equatorial zone of the planet. While all sulfates-rich deposits inside the canyons are characterized by the presence of the kieserite and hydrated magnesium sulfates, the spectral features of gypsum were detected only in the Juventae Chasma and the Iani Chaos. The detection of gypsum in the upper part of the layered deposits, stacking the erosional remnant on the floor of the Juventae Chasma (above the spectral signature of the kieserite and polyhydrated sulfates detected on the flanks of the remnant) represents a more intriguing case. To clarify the question of the presence of gypsum in the Juventae Chasma, we present reanalyzed OMEGA spectra within that area and performed the chemical equilibrium modelling of sulfates precipitation sequence at the freezing and the evaporation of a hypothetical aqueous solution which could have existed within the Chasma in the past. Our results did not confirm the presence of distinct spectral signatures of gypsum. The results of equilibrium modelling also exclude significant precipitation of gypsum during the latest stage of the aqueous sedimentation, responsible for the formation of the upper part of the erosional remnant.

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