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 …

Revised CRISM spectral parameters and summary products based on the currently detected mineral diversity on Mars

CE Viviano, FP Seelos, SL Murchie… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The investigation of hyperspectral data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Compact
Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) and the Observatoire pour la …

Identification of hydrated silicate minerals on Mars using MRO‐CRISM: Geologic context near Nili Fossae and implications for aqueous alteration

BL Ehlmann, JF Mustard, GA Swayze… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The Noachian terrain west of the Isidis basin hosts a diverse collection of alteration minerals
in rocks comprising varied geomorphic units within a 100,000 km2 region in and near the …

U–Pb dating of serpentinization: hydrothermal zircon from a metasomatic rodingite shell (Sudetic ophiolite, SW Poland)

E Dubińska, P Bylina, A Kozłowski, W Dörr, K Nejbert… - Chemical …, 2004 - Elsevier
Abundant zircon grains were found within a metasomatic chlorite–corrensite (trioctahedral
regularly interstratified chlorite/smectite) shell that surrounds rodingite from the Jordanów …

Evidence for low-grade metamorphism, hydrothermal alteration, and diagenesis on Mars from phyllosilicate mineral assemblages

BL Ehlmann, JF Mustard, RN Clark… - Clays and Clay …, 2011 - cambridge.org
The enhanced spatial and spectral resolution provided by the Compact Reconnaissance
Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has …

Implications for early hydrothermal environments on Mars through the spectral evidence for carbonation and chloritization reactions in the Nili Fossae region

CE Viviano, JE Moersch… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Previous identification of serpentine and magnesium carbonate in the eastern Nili Fossae
region of Mars indicates hydrothermal alteration of an olivine‐rich protolith. Here we …

Permian-Triassic boundary in the central transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica

JW Collinson, WR Hammer… - … Society of America …, 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Permian-Triassic boundary occurs within a relatively complete terrestrial
sequence in the Shackleton Glacier area of the central Transantarctic Mountains. The …

Hydrated silica on Mars: Combined analysis with near-infrared and thermal-infrared spectroscopy

MR Smith, JL Bandfield, EA Cloutis, MS Rice - Icarus, 2013 - Elsevier
Hydrated silica is found in a variety of martian deposits within aqueously altered mineral
suites. Its common occurrence is attributed to its ease of formation in different weathering …

Geology of quartz and hydrated silica‐bearing deposits near Antoniadi Crater, Mars

MR Smith, JL Bandfield - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The only area on Mars where crystalline quartz has been identified from orbit is near
Antoniadi Crater, on the northern edge of the Syrtis Major shield volcano. However, the …

Thermodynamic and mass balance constraints on iron‐bearing phyllosilicate formation and alteration pathways on early Mars

JG Catalano - Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Widespread occurrences of phyllosilicates, predominantly nontronite and Mg saponite, in
the Noachian‐aged crust of Mars place constraints on water availability and surface …