Mineralogy and geochemistry of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediments in Gale crater, Mars: A review after six Earth years of exploration with Curiosity

EB Rampe, DF Blake, TF Bristow, DW Ming… - Geochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover arrived at Mars in August 2012 with a
primary goal of characterizing the habitability of ancient and modern environments. Curiosity …

Clay minerals on Mars: An up-to-date review with future perspectives

P Du, P Yuan, J Liu, B Ye - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Clay minerals, or analogously phyllosilicates, are some of the most astonishing minerals
ever discovered on Mars due to their roles as indicators of water-rock interaction. Their …

Design of acid-geopolymers based on clays by-products for methylene blue removal from wastewater

S En-Naji, S Ghazi, H Mabroum, S Mabroum… - Applied Clay …, 2023 - Elsevier
Morocco has significant phosphate reserves, but the extraction process generates a lot of
waste rock. To tackle this problem, this study aims to make use of clay, a by-product of …

Geochemical consequences of widespread clay mineral formation in Mars' ancient crust

BL Ehlmann, G Berger, N Mangold, JR Michalski… - Space Science …, 2013 - Springer
Clays form on Earth by near-surface weathering, precipitation in water bodies within basins,
hydrothermal alteration (volcanic-or impact-induced), diagenesis, metamorphism, and …

The abundance and stability of “water” in type 1 and 2 carbonaceous chondrites (CI, CM and CR)

A Garenne, P Beck, G Montes-Hernandez… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
Carbonaceous chondrites record processes of aqueous alteration in the presence of
hydrated and hydroxylated minerals, which could have provided a source of water in the …

Transmission infrared spectra (2–25 μm) of carbonaceous chondrites (CI, CM, CV–CK, CR, C2 ungrouped): Mineralogy, water, and asteroidal processes

P Beck, A Garenne, E Quirico, L Bonal… - Icarus, 2014 - Elsevier
In this work, infrared transmission spectra (2–25 μm range, 5000–400 cm− 1) of 40
carbonaceous chondrites were analyzed (21 CMs, 5 CVs, 6 CRs, 3 CKs, 3 C2s and 2 CIs) …

Preparation and characterization of mercapto functionalized sepiolite and their application for sorption of lead and cadmium

X Liang, Y Xu, G Sun, L Wang, Y Sun, Y Sun… - Chemical Engineering …, 2011 - Elsevier
In order to improve the sorption performance of sepiolite for heavy metals, sepiolite was
functionalized by nanotexturization in aqueous sepiolite gel and surface grafting in toluene …

Effects of particle size on the attenuated total reflection spectrum of minerals

B Udvardi, IJ Kovács, T Fancsik, P Kónya… - Applied …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This study focuses on particle size effect on monomineralic powders recorded using
attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR FT-IR) spectroscopy. Six particle …

Metabentonite and metakaolin-based geopolymers/zeolites: Relation between kind of clay, calcination temperature and concentration of alkaline activator

M Slaný, E Kuzielová, M Žemlička, M Matejdes… - Journal of Thermal …, 2023 - Springer
In this paper, the composition and properties of two different activated calcinated clays were
investigated under selected curing conditions. The tendency of metabentonite and …

Electrical and dielectric properties of composites composed of natural quartz with aluminum

A Saeed, AY Madkhli, M Al-Dossari, F Abolaban - Silicon, 2022 - Springer
Quartz is the most common mineral in continental crust rocks. It has been used for multiple
industrial purposes. Herein, we have investigated the effect of aluminum (Al) additions on …