Ferric sulfates on Mars: A combined mission data analysis of salty soils at Gusev crater and laboratory experimental investigations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Alian ^a   Ling, Z C ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DEHYDRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MARS; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETARY SURFACE; REGOLITH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SULFATE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 79952468414     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003665     Document Type: Article

References (76)

1. Arvidson, R. E., F. Poulet, J.-P. Bibiing, M. Wolff, A. Gendrin, R. V. Morris, J. J. Freeman, Y. Langevin, N. Mangold, and G. Bellucci (2005), Spectral reflectance and morphologic correlations in eastern Terra Meridiani, Mars, Science, 307, 1591-1594, doi:10.1126/science.1109509. (Pubitemid 40354735)
2. Arvidson, R. E., et al. (2008), Spirit Mars Rover Mission to the Columbia Hills, Gusev crater: Mission overview and selected results from the Cumberland Ridge to Home Plate, J. Geophys. Res., 113, E12S33, doi:10.1029/2008JE003183.
3. Arvidson, R. E., et al. (2010), Spirit Mars Rover Mission: Overview and selected results from the northern Home Plate Winter Haven to the side of Scamander crater, J. Geophys. Res., 115, E00F03, doi:10.1029/ 2010JE003633.
4. Bandfield, J. L. (2007), High-resolution subsurface water-ice distribution on Mars, Nature, 447, 64-67, doi:10.1038/nature05781. (Pubitemid 46685845)
5. Bell, J. F., et al. (2003), Mars Exploration Rover Athena Panoramic Camera (Pancam) investigation, J. Geophys. Res., 108(E12), 8063, doi:10.1029/2003JE002070.
6. Bell, J. F., III, J. Joseph, J. N. Sohl-Dickstein, H. M. Arneson, M. J. Johnson, M. T. Lemmon, and D. Savransky (2006), In-flight calibration and performance of the Mars Exploration RoverPanoramic Camera (Pancam) instruments, J. Geophys. Res., 111, E02S03, doi:10.1029/2005JE002444.
7. Bibring, J. P., et al. (2005), Mars surface diversity as observed by the OMEGA/Mars Express investigation, Science, 307, 1576-1581, doi:10.1126/science. 1108806. (Pubitemid 40941876)
8. Bishop, J. L., et al. (2008), Phyllosilicate diversity and past aqueous activity revealed at Mawrth Vallis, Mars, Science, 321, 830-833, doi:10.1126/science.1159699.
9. Chevrier, V. F., and T. S. Altheide (2008), Low temperature aqueous ferric sulfate solutions on the surface of Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L22101, doi:10.1029/2008GL035489.
10. Chipera, S. J., and D. T. Vaniman (2007), Experimental stability of magnesium sulfate hydrates that may be present on Mars, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 71(1), 241-250, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2006.07.044. (Pubitemid 44929352)
11. Chou, I. -M., and R. R. Seal II (2007), Magnesium and calcium sulfate stabilities and the water budget of Mars, J. Geophys. Res. , 112,E11004, doi:10.1029/2007JE002898.
12. Ehlmann, B. L., J. F. Mustard, C. I. Fassett, S. C. Schon, J. W. Head III, D. J. Des Marais, J. A. Grant, and S. L. Murchie (2008a), Clay minerals in delta deposits and organic preservation potential on Mars, Nat. Geosci., 1, 355-358, doi:10.1038/ngeo207.
13. Ehlmann, B. L., et al. (2008b), Orbital identification of carbonate-bearing rocks on Mars, Science, 322, 1828-1832, doi:10.1126/science. 1164759.
14. Feldman, W. C., et al. (2004), The global distribution of near-surface hydrogen on Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 109, E09006, doi:10.1029/2003JE002160. (Pubitemid 40042539)
15. Fergason, R. L., P. R. Christensen, J. F. Bell III, M. P. Golombek, K. E. Herkenhoff, and H. H. Kieffer (2006), Physical properties of the Mars Exploration Rover landing sites as inferred from Mini-TES-derived thermal inertia, J. Geophys. Res., 111, E02S21, doi:10.1029/2005JE002583.
16. Friedlander, L. R., N. J. Tosca, and R. E. Arvidson (2007), Preliminary experiments in the systematic investigation of the spectroscopic properties of synthetic copiapite group minerals, Lunar Planet. Sci. [CD-ROM], XXXVIII, abstract 2049.
17. Gendrin, A., et al. (2005), Sulfates in Martian layered terrains: The OMEGA/Mars Express view, Science, 307, 1587-1591, doi:10.1126/science. 1109087. (Pubitemid 40941876)
18. Gillespie, A., A. B. Kahle, and R. E. Walker (1986), Color enhancement of highly correlated images. I. Decorrelation and HIS contrast enhancement, Remote Sens. Environ, 20,209-235, doi:10.1016/0034-4257(86)90044-1.
19. Greenspan, L. (1977), Humidity fixed points of binary saturated aqueous solutions, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand., Sect. A, 81A,89-96.
20. Haskin, L. A., et al. (2005), Water alteration of rocks and soils from the Spirit Rover site, Gusev crater, Mars, Nature, 436,66-69, doi:10.1038/nature03640. (Pubitemid 40966186)
21. Johnson, J. R., J. F. Bell III, E. Cloutis, M. Staid, W. H. Farrand, T. McCoy, M. Rice, A. Wang, and A. Yen (2007), Mineralogic constraints on sulfur-rich soils from Pancam spectra at Gusev crater, Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L13202, doi:10.1029/2007GL029894. (Pubitemid 47399626)
22. Klingelhöfer, G., et al. (2004), Jarosite and hematite at Meridiani Planum from Opportunity's Mössbauer spectrometer, Science, 306, 1740-1745, doi:10.1126/science.1104653. (Pubitemid 39601384)
23. 3+ copiapites, Lunar Planet. Sci. [CD-ROM], XXXX, abstract 1649.
24. 3+ copia-pite by Raman, XRD, LIBS, MIR and VIS-NIR, J. Raman Spectrosc., doi:10.1002/jrs.2790, in press.
25. Lane, M. D., J. L. Bishop, M. D. Dyar, P. L. King, M. Parente, and B. C. Hyde (2008), Mineralogy of the Paso Robles soils on Mars, Am. Mineral., 93, 728-739, doi:10.2138/am.2008.2757.
26. Langevin, Y., F. Poulet, J.-P. Bibring, and B. Gondet (2005), Sulfates in the north polar region of Mars detected by OMEGA/Mars Express, Science, 307, 1584-1586, doi:10.1126/science.1109091. (Pubitemid 40354733)
27. Lewis, K. W., O. Aharonson, J. P. Grotzinger, S. W. Squyres, J. F. Bell III, L. S. Crumpler, and M. E. Schmidt (2008), Structure and stratigraphy of Home Plate from the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover, J. Geophys. Res., 113, E12S36, doi:10.1029/2007JE003025.
28. Lichtenberg, K. A., et al. (2009), Stratigraphy and relationship of hydrated minerals in the layered deposits of Aram Chaos, Mars, Lunar Planet. Sci. [CD-ROM], XXXX, abstract 2326.
29. Lichtenberg, K. A., et al. (2010), Stratigraphy of hydrated sulfates in the sedimentary deposits of Aram Chaos, Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 115, E00D17, doi:10.1029/2009JE003353.
30. Ling, Z. C., and A. Wang (2010), A systematic spectroscopic study of eight hydrous ferric sulfates relevant to Mars, Icarus, 209,422-433, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2010.05.009.
31. Ling, Z. C., A. Wang, B. L. Jolliff, R. E. Arvidson, and H. R. Xia (2008), A new phase of hydrated ferric sulfates, lausenite?, paper presented at 8th International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy Applied to Earth Science, Int. GeoRaman Conf. Coord. Comm., Ghent, Belgium.
32. Ling, Z. C., A. Wang, and C. Li (2009), Comparative spectroscopic study of three ferric sulfates: Kornelite, lausenite and pentahydrate, Lunar Planet. Sci. [CD-ROM], XXXX, abstract 1867.
33. 5 and the type specimen of lausenite, Am. Mineral., 90, 411-416, doi:10.2138/am.2005.1701. (Pubitemid 40367811)
34. McLennan, S., R. E. Arvidson, B. C. Clark, M. P. Golombek, J. P. Grotzinger, B. L. Jolliff, A. H. Knoll, S. W. Squyres, N. J. Tosca, and the Athena Science Team (2007), Geochemistry, mineralogy and diagenesis of the Burns Formation at Meridiani Planum: Insights into the sedimentary rock cycle on Mars, in Seventeenth International Conference on Mars, July 9-13, 2007, Pasadena CA [CD-ROM], LPI Contrib, 1353, abstract 3231.
35. McSween, H. Y., et al. (2004), Basaltic rocks analyzed by the Spirit Rover in Gusev crater, Science, 305, 842-845, doi:10.1126/science.3050842. (Pubitemid 39038413)
36. McSween, H. Y., et al. (2006), Characterization and petrologic interpretation of olivine-rich basalts at Gusev crater, Mars, J. Geophys. Res. , 111, E02S10, doi:10.1029/2005JE002477.
37. McSween, H. Y., et al. (2008), Mineralogy of volcanic rocks in Gusev crater, Mars: Reconciling Mössbauer, Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer, and Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer spectra, J. Geophys. Res., 113, E06S04, doi:10.1029/2007JE002970.
38. Mellon, M. T., W. C. Feldman, and T. H. Prettyman (2004), The presence and stability of ground ice in the southern hemisphere of Mars, Icarus, 169, 324-340, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2003.10.022. (Pubitemid 38750276)
39. Milliken, R. E., J. Grotzinger, J. Grant, S. Murchie, and the CRISM Science Team (2007a), Clay minerals in Holden crater as observed by MRO CRISM, in Seventeenth International Conference on Mars, July 9-13, 2007, Pasadena CA [CD-ROM], LPI Contrib., 1353, abstract 3282.
40. Milliken, R. E., J. Grotzinger, R. A. Beyer, S. Murchie, A. McEwen, and the CRISM Science Team (2007b), Evidence for salt tectonics in Valles Marineris, Mars, in Seventeenth International Conference on Mars, July 9-13, 2007, Pasadena CA [CD-ROM], LPI Contrib., 1353, abstract 3383.
41. Milliken, R. E., et al. (2008), Spectral evidence for sedimentary silica on Mars, Lunar Planet. Sci. [CD-ROM], XXXIX, abstract 2025.
42. Milliken,R.E., K. S. Edgett,G.Swayze, R. N. Clark, B. J. Thomson, R. Anderson, and J. F. Bell III (2009), Clay and sulfate-bearing rocks in a stratigraphic sequence in Gale crater, Lunar Planet. Sci. [CD-ROM], XXXX, abstract 1479.
43. Ming, D. W., et al. (2008), Geochemical properties of rocks and soils in Gusev crater, Mars: Results of the Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer from Cumberland Ridge to Home Plate, J. Geophys. Res., 113, E12S39, doi:10.1029/2008JE003195.
44. Morris, R. V., et al. (2000), Mineralogy, composition, and alteration of Mars Pathfinder rocks and soils: Evidence from multispectral, elemental, and magnetic data on terrestrial analogue, SNC meteorite, and Pathfinder samples, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 1757-1817, doi:10.1029/1999JE001059.
45. Morris, R. V., et al. (2006), Mössbauer mineralogy of rock, soil, and dust at Gusev crater, Mars: Spirit's journey through weakly altered olivine basalt on the plains and pervasively altered basalt in the Columbia Hills, J. Geophys. Res., 111, E02S13, doi:10.1029/2005JE002584.
46. Morris, R. V., et al. (2008), Iron mineralogy and aqueous alteration from Husband Hill through Home Plate at Gusev crater, Mars: Results from the Mössbauer instrument on the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover, J. Geophys. Res., 113, E12S42, doi:10.1029/2008JE003201.
47. Murchie, S., et al. (2007), CRISM mapping of layered deposits in western Candor Chasma, in Seventeenth International Conference on Mars, July 9-13, 2007, Pasadena CA [CD-ROM], LPI Contrib., 1353, abstract 3238.
48. Mustard, J. F., S. L. Murchie, S. M. Pelkey, B. L. Ehlmann, R. E. Milliken, J. A. Grant, J.-P. Bibring, F. Poulet, J. Bishop, and E. Noe Dobrea (2008), Hydrated silicate minerals on Mars observed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM instrument, Nature, 454, 305-309, doi:10.1038/nature07097. (Pubitemid 352009992)
49. Nordstrom, D. K., and C. N. Alpers (1999), Negative pH, efflorescent mineralogy, and consequences for environmental restoration at the Iron Mountain Superfund site, California, Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A., 96, 3455-3462, doi:10.1073/pnas.96.7.3455. (Pubitemid 29168930)
50. Paige, D. A. (1992), The thermal stability of near surface ground ice on Mars, Nature, 356,43-45, doi:10.1038/356043a0.
51. Reid, R. J., et al. (1999), Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) image calibration, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 8907-8925, doi:10.1029/1998JE900011. (Pubitemid 29465144)
52. Rice, M. S., J. F. Bell III, A. Wang, and E. A. Cloutis (2008), Vis-NIR spectral characterization of Si-rich deposits at Gusev crater, Mars, Lunar Planet. Sci. [CD-ROM], XXXIX, abstract 2138.
53. Rice, M. S., J. F. Bell III, E. A. Cloutis, A. Wang, S. W. Ruff, M. A. Craig, D. T. Bailey, J. R. Johnson, P. A. de Souza Jr., and W. H. Farrand (2009), Silica-rich deposits and hydrated minerals at Gusev crater, Mars: Vis-NIR spectral characterization and regional mapping, Icarus, 205, 375-395, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.03.035.
54. Rice,M.S.,J.F.BellIII,E.A.Cloutis,J.J.Wray,K.E.Herkenhoff, R. Sullivan, J. R. Johnson, and R. B. Anderson (2011), Temporal observations of bright soil exposures at Gusev crater, J. Geophys. Res., 116, E00F14, doi:10.1029/ 2010JE003683.
55. Roach,L.H.,J.F.Mustard,S.L.Murchie,J.L.Bishop,C.M.Weitz, A. T. Knudson, J.-P. Bibring, S. M. Pelkey, B. L. Ehlmann, and the CRISM Science Team (2007), Magnesium and iron sulfate variety and distribution in East Candor and Capri Chasma, Valles Marineris, in Seventeenth International Conference on Mars, July 9-13, 2007, Pasadena CA [CD-ROM], LPI Contrib., 1353, abstract 3223.
56. Roach, L. H., J. F. Mustard, S. L. Murchie, J.-P. Bibring, R. E. Arvidson, J. L. Bishop, R. E. Milliken, F. P. Seelos, and the CRISM Science Team (2008), Constraints on the rate of sulfate phase changes in Valles Marineris interior layered deposits, Lunar Planet. Sci. [CD-ROM], XXXIX, abstract 1823.
57. Roach, L. H., J. F. Mustard, S. L. Murchie, J.-P. Bibring, F. Forget, K. W. Lewis, O. Aharonson, M. Vincendon, and J. L. Bishop (2009a), Testing evidence of recent hydration state change in sulfates on Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 114, E00D02, doi:10.1029/2008JE003245.
58. Roach, L. H., J. F. Mustard, S. L. Murchie, J. L. Bishop, B. L. Ehlmann, K. Lichtenberg, M. Parente, and the CRISM Science Team (2009b), Sulfate and hematite stratigraphy in Capri Chasma, Valles Marineris, Lunar Planet. Sci. [CD-ROM], XXXX, abstract 1826.
59. Roach, L. H., F. Mustard, S. L. Murchie, J. L. Bishop, B. L. Ehlmann, R. E. Milliken, K. Lichtenberg, and M. Parente (2009c), Hydrated mineral stratigraphy in Ius Chasma, Valles Marineris, Lunar Planet. Sci. [CD-ROM], XXXX, abstract 1834.
60. Schmidt, M. E., et al. (2008), Hydrothermal origin of halogens at Home Plate, Gusev crater, J. Geophys. Res., 113, E06S12, doi:10.1029/2007JE003027.
61. Smith, M. D., et al. (2004), First atmospheric science results from the Mars Exploration Rovers Mini-TES, Science, 306, 1750-1753, doi:10.1126/ science.1104257. (Pubitemid 39601386)
62. Sohl-Dickstein, J., J. R. Johnson, W. M. Grundy, E. A. Guinness, T. Graff, M. K. Shepard, R. E. Arvidson, J. F. Bell III, P. R. Christensen, and R. V. Morris (2005), Modeling visible/near-infrared photometric properties of dustfall on a known substrate, Lunar Planet. Sci. [CD-ROM], XXXVI, abstract 2235.
63. Squyres, S. W., et al. (2008), Detection of silica-rich deposits on Mars, Science, 320,1063-1067, doi:10.1126/science.1155429. (Pubitemid 351929545)
64. Tosca, N. S., S. M. McLennan, D. Lindsley, and M. A. A. Schoonen (2004), Acid-sulfate weathering of synthetic Martian basalt: The acid fog model revisited, J. Geophys. Res., 109, E05003, doi:10.1029/2003JE002218. (Pubitemid 39081010)
65. Vaniman, D. T., and S. J. Chipera (2006), Transformation of Mg-and Ca-sulfate hydrates in Mars regolith, Am. Mineral. , 91, 1628-1642. (Pubitemid 44945559)
66. Vaniman, D. T., D. L. Bish, S. J. Chipera, C. I. Fialips, J. W. Carey, and W. C. Feldman (2004), Magnesium sulphate salts and the history of water on Mars, Nature, 431, 663-665, doi:10.1038/nature02973. (Pubitemid 39382607)
67. Vaniman, D. T., D. L. Bish, and S. J. Chipera (2009), Bassanite on Mars, Lunar Planet. Sci. [CD-ROM], XXXX, abstract 1654.
68. Wang, A., and J. J. Freeman (2009), Pathways and rates of Mg-sulfate dehydration and rehydration on Mars, Lunar Planet. Sci.,[CD-ROM], XL, abstract 2029.
69. Wang, A., et al. (2006a), Sulfate deposition in subsurface regolith in Gusev crater, Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 111, E02S17, doi:10.1029/2005JE002513.
70. Wang, A., et al. (2006b), Evidence of phyllosilicates in Wooly Patch, an altered rock encountered at West Spur, Columbia Hills, by the Spirit Rover in Gusev crater, Mars, J. Geophys. Res, 111, E02S16, doi:10.1029/2005JE002516.
71. Wang, A., et al. (2008), Light-toned salty soils and coexisting Si-rich species discovered by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in Columbia Hills, J. Geophys. Res., 113, E12S40, doi:10.1029/2008JE003126.
72. Wang, A., J. J. Freeman, and B. L. Jolliff (2009), Phase transition pathways of the hydrates of magnesium sulfate in the temperature range 50°C to 5°C: Implication for sulfates on Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 114, E04010, doi:10.1029/2008JE003266.
73. Wang, A., Z. C. Ling, and J. J. Freeman (2010a), Stability fields and phase transition pathways of ferric sulfates in 50°C to 5°C temperature range, Lunar Planet. Sci. [CD-ROM], XXXXI, abstract 2303.
74. Wang, A., J. J. Freeman, and J. F. Bell III (2010b), Potential habitable zone within the subsurface of equatorial region on Mars, in Astrobiology Science Conference 2010 [CD-ROM], LPI Contrib., 1538, abstract 5400.
75. Wiseman, S. M., J. L. Griffes, R. E. Arvidson, S. Murchie, F. Poulet, A. T. Knudson, F. P. Seelos, N. Tosca, and the CRISM Science Team (2007), New analyses of MRO CRISM, HiRISE, and CTX data over layered sedimentary deposits in Meridiani, in Seventeenth International Conference on Mars, July 9-13, 2007, Pasadena CA [CD-ROM], LPI Contrib., 1353, abstract 3111.
76. Yen, A. S., et al. (2008), Hydrothermal processes at Gusev crater: An evaluation of Paso Robles class soils, J. Geophys. Res., 113, E06S10, doi:10.1029/2007JE002978.