Backscattering Mössbauer spectroscopy of Martian dust

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Nov 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005hyint.166..523b&link_type=abstract

Hyperfine Interactions, Volume 166, Issue 1-4, pp. 523-527

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We report on the determination of the mineralogy of the atmospherically suspended Martian dust particles using backscattering 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy on dust accumulated onto the magnets onboard the Mars Exploration Rovers. The spectra can be interpreted in terms of minerals of igneous origin, and shows only limited, if any, amounts of secondary minerals that may have formed in the presence of liquid water. These findings suggest that the dust has formed in a dry environment over long time in the history of the planet.

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