Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
May 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008icar..195..140c&link_type=abstract
Icarus, Volume 195, Issue 1, p. 140-168.
Mathematics
Logic
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Scientific paper
A number of mineral species were exposed to martian surface conditions of atmospheric pressure and composition, temperature, and UV light regime, and their evolution was monitored using reflectance spectroscopy. The stabilities for different groups varied widely. Phyllosilicate spectra all showed measurable losses of interlayer H2O, with some structural groups showing more rapid H2O loss than others. Loss of OH from the phyllosilicates is not always accompanied by a change in metal OH overtone absorption bands. OH-bearing sulfates, such as jarosite and alunite, show no measurable change in spectral properties, suggesting that they should be spectrally detectable on Mars on the basis of diagnostic absorption bands in the 0.4 2.5 μm region. Fe3+- and H2O-bearing sulfates all showed changes in the appearance and/or reduction in depths of hydroxo-bridged Fe3+ absorption bands, particularly at 0.43 μm. The spectral changes were often accompanied by visible color changes, suggesting that subsurface sulfates exposed to the martian surface environment may undergo measurable changes in reflectance spectra and color over short periods of time (days to weeks). Organic-bearing geological materials showed no measurable change in CH related absorption bands, while carbonates and hydroxides also showed no systematic changes in spectral properties. The addition of ultraviolet irradiation did not seem to affect mineral stability or rate of spectral change, with one exception (hexahydrite). In some cases, spectral changes could be related to the formation of specific new phases. The data also suggest that hydrated minerals detected on Mars to date retain their diagnostic spectral properties that allow their unique identification.
Cloutis Edward A.
Craig Michael A.
Hawthorne Frank C.
Jamroz Wes R.
Kruzelecky Roman V.
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