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DOI | 10.1029/2018GL079045 |
Water Abundance of Dunes in Gale Crater, Mars From Active Neutron Experiments and Implications for Amorphous Phases | |
Gabriel, T. S. J.1; Hardgrove, C.1; Czarnecki, S.1; Rampe, E. B.2; Rapin, W.3; Achilles, C. N.4; Sullivan, D.1; Nowicki, S.5; Thompson, L.6; Litvak, M.7; Mitrofanov, I.7; Downs, R. T.8 | |
2018-12-16 | |
发表期刊 | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS |
ISSN | 0094-8276 |
EISSN | 1944-8007 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 45期号:23页码:12766-12775 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA; Canada; Russia |
英文摘要 | We report the water abundance of Bagnold Dune sand in Gale crater, Mars by analyzing active neutron experiments using the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons instrument. We report a bulk water-equivalent-hydrogen abundance of 0.68 +/- 0.15 wt%, which is similar to measurements several kilometers away and from those taken of the dune surface. Thus, the dune is likely dehydrated throughout. Furthermore, we use geochemical constraints, including bulk water content, to develop compositional models of the amorphous fraction for which little information is known. We find the amorphous fraction contains similar to 26-to 64-wt% basaltic glass and up to similar to 24-wt% rhyolitic glass, suggesting at least one volcanic source for the dune material. We also find a range of hydrated phases may be present in appreciable abundances, either from the incorporation of eroded aqueously altered sediments or the direct alteration of the dune sand. Plain Language Summary Dune sands in Gale crater are analagous to the globally distributed sands on Mars; however, their source and history, which is intimately related to their composition, is not well constrained. The minerals that compose the dune sands are determined and constrained from in situ analysis of samples, but much less has been determined for the amorphous (noncrystalline) component. These materials compose a sizable fraction of the dune material (40%) and can provide insight into the history of the dune material, including its interactions with water. We combine the analysis of several instruments onboard the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover to constrain the noncrystalline component of Bagnold Dune sands in Gale crater. Particularly, we find the low water content of the dunes constrains the abundance of several amorphous materials and indicates that at least one, but potentially multiple, volcanic sources contributed to the dune. These results help provide a more holistic compositional description of the Bagnold Dune sands and potentially can be used to help determine the likely source regions in future studies. |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000454296600014 |
WOS关键词 | LABORATORYS DYNAMIC ALBEDO ; DAN EXPERIMENT ONBOARD ; BAGNOLD DUNES ; DEHYDRATION ; PRODUCTS ; MUDSTONE ; DEPOSITS ; SULFATE ; SURFACE ; ROCK |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/25829 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Arizona State Univ, Sch Earth & Space Explorat, Tempe, AZ 85281 USA; 2.NASA, Johnson Space Ctr, Houston, TX USA; 3.CALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA; 4.NASA, Goddard Spaceflight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD USA; 5.Los Alamos Natl Lab, ISR 1 Space Sci & Applicat, Los Alamos, NM USA; 6.Univ New Brunswick, Planetary & Space Sci Ctr, Fredericton, NB, Canada; 7.Russian Acad Sci, Inst Space Res, Moscow, Russia; 8.Univ Arizona, Dept Geosci, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Gabriel, T. S. J.,Hardgrove, C.,Czarnecki, S.,et al. Water Abundance of Dunes in Gale Crater, Mars From Active Neutron Experiments and Implications for Amorphous Phases[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2018,45(23):12766-12775. |
APA | Gabriel, T. S. J..,Hardgrove, C..,Czarnecki, S..,Rampe, E. B..,Rapin, W..,...&Downs, R. T..(2018).Water Abundance of Dunes in Gale Crater, Mars From Active Neutron Experiments and Implications for Amorphous Phases.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,45(23),12766-12775. |
MLA | Gabriel, T. S. J.,et al."Water Abundance of Dunes in Gale Crater, Mars From Active Neutron Experiments and Implications for Amorphous Phases".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 45.23(2018):12766-12775. |
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