Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Sep 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993chwe.work...14g&link_type=abstract
In Lunar and Planetary Inst., MSATT Workshop on Chemical Weathering on Mars p 14-16 (SEE N93-31933 12-91)
Mathematics
Logic
Basalt, Chemical Composition, Magnetic Properties, Mars Surface, Planetary Composition, Spectral Reflectance, Spectrum Analysis, Electron Transitions, Iron Oxides, Mineralogy, Weathering
Scientific paper
Palagonitic materials from Mauna Kea, Hawaii, were identified as Mars analogs based on their spectral and magnetic properties. These materials probably resulted from hydrothermal alteration during eruption of the volcano and/or from weathering under ambient conditions. The reflectance spectra of the Mars surface obtained by Earth-based telescopes and the reflectance spectra of analogs obtained in the laboratory show features due to electronic transitions of Fe(III) in oxide particles that range in size from nanometer (nanophase) to micrometer sized or larger. The presence of Fe(III) suggests oxidizing conditions during the alteration process in Mars that may have occurred in the past or during a slow ongoing process. Two naturally altered basaltic samples from Hawaii (HWMK12 and HWMK13) and a laboratory-altered (PH-13-DCGT2) basaltic glass similar in elemental composition to the above two samples was examined. All three samples exhibited spectral characteristics similar to martian bright-region spectra. Chemical and mineralogical changes occurring at the surface of these basalts were studied in order to understand the basis for their Mars-like properties. The spectral properties of the three samples were examined after the removal of Fe oxides by chemical extractants.
Golden D. C.
Lauer Howard V. Jr.
Ming Douglas W.
Morris Richard V.
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