Altered basaltic glass - A terrestrial analog to the soil of Mars

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Basalt, Mars Surface Samples, Soil Mechanics, Weathering, Chemical Composition, Glass, Magnetic Properties, Mars Photographs, Mineral Deposits, Moisture Content, Particle Size Distribution, Spectral Reflectance, Composition, Particles, Size, Spectrum, Formation, Magmas, Data, Dehydration, Eolian Processes, Fragments, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Sem, Spectral Reflectance, Samples, Meteorite, Photomicrographs, Palagonite, Mars, Basalts, Glasses, Analogs, Soils, Analysis, Spectrophotometry, Regolith, Comparisons, T

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In order to understand the nature of weathering processes and the formation of clay-like substances on Mars, analogous terrestrial processes and materials have been examined including sideromelane and palagonite. It is shown that palagonite is a good analog to the soil of Mars to the level of precision available from Viking and ground-based telescopic spectral measurements. Points of resemblance between the two materials include bulk chemical composition, particle size, reflectance spectra, and magnetic properties. A mechanism for the formation of Martian soil, based on a palagonite model, is proposed.

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