Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980icar...42...20b&link_type=abstract
Icarus, vol. 42, Apr. 1980, p. 20-28.
Physics
64
Brines, Calcium Chlorides, Mars Surface, Sulfates, Abundance, Ice, Phase Diagrams, Regolith, Stability, Water Vapor, Mars, Chlorine, Sulfates, Abundance, Duricrust, Phase Diagrams, Ice, Temperatures, Water, Concentrations, Calcium Chloride, Regolith, Data, Salts, Precipitation, Sodium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Alkalies, Magnesium Chloride, Alkaline Elements, Formation, Vapor Pressure, Hydration, Freezing
Scientific paper
The detection of high chlorine and sulfate abundances and duricrusts on Mars strongly suggests the occasional presence of brines on the Martian surface. Ternary phase diagrams for the likely chloride and sulfate brines indicate that the minimum temperature at which a brine can be stable is near 210 K with a water concentration of approximately 70 wt % and a high concentration of calcium chloride. The dominance of sulfate over chlorine in the Martian regolith suggests precipitation of salts at temperatures higher than the minimum.
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