Oxidized basalts on the surface of Venus: Compositional implications of measured spectral properties

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May 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987pggp.rept..165p&link_type=abstract

In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program, 1986 p 165-166 (SEE N87-23341 16-91)

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Geophysics

Basalt, Chemical Composition, Iron, Oxidation, Planetary Composition, Spectral Reflectance, Spectrum Analysis, Venus Surface, Geochemistry, Photometers, Venera Satellites

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Venera Lander reflectance data are compared with high temperature spectra of the same basaltic materials. The dark, flat unoxidized basalts are still inconsistent with the Venera data in the near-infrared. Basaltic material with a ferric component, however, would satisfy both the increase in reflectance beyond 0.7 microns as well as the dark, relatively colorless character in the visible. Therefore, it is concluded that besaltic surfaces of Venus represented by these measurements either contain minerals with uncommon characteristics, or, more likely, are relatively oxidized.

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