Mineral alteration induced by sand transport: A source for the reddish color of martian dust |
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| Authors: | J.P. Merrison,H.P. Gunnlaugsson,S. Knak Jensen,P. Nø rnberg |
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| Affiliation: | Mars Simulation Laboratory, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | The iron mineral thought to give the characteristic reddish color to martian dust could have formed through mechanical activation during sand transport. This has been demonstrated experimentally under conditions which are known to occur on Mars. |
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| Keywords: | Mars, Surface Geological processes Mineralogy |
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