Detection and discrimination of sulfate minerals using reflectance spectroscopy |
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Authors: | Edward A Cloutis Frank C Hawthorne Katherine Krenn Dionne Marcino Johnathon Strong Diana L Blaney Faith Vilas |
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Institution: | a Department of Geography, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 2E9, Canada b Department of Geological Sciences, 335 Wallace Building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada c Department of Geosciences, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003, USA d Department of Geological Sciences, Box 1846, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA e Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, MS183-501, Pasadena, CA 91009, USA f Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, 402 Space Sciences Building, Ithaca, NY 14853-6801, USA g NASA Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Code SR, Houston, TX 77058-3696, USA |
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Abstract: | A suite of sulfate minerals were characterized spectrally, compositionally, and structurally in order to develop spectral reflectance-compositional-structural relations for this group of minerals. Sulfates exhibit diverse spectral properties, and absorption-band assignments have been developed for the 0.3-26 μm range. Sulfate absorption features can be related to the presence of transition elements, OH, H2O, and SO4 groups. The number, wavelength position, and intensity of these bands are a function of both composition and structure. Cation substitutions can affect the wavelength positions of all major absorption bands. Hydroxo-bridged Fe3+ results in absorption bands in the 0.43, 0.5, and 0.9 μm regions, while the presence of Fe2+ results in absorption features in the 0.9-1.2 μm interval. Fundamental S O bending and stretching vibration absorption bands occur in the 8-10, 13-18, and 19-24 μm regions (1000-1250, 550-770, and 420-530 cm−1). The most intense combinations and overtones of these fundamentals are found in the 4-5 μm (2000-2500 cm−1) region. Absorption features seen in the 1.7-1.85 μm interval are attributable to H O H/O H bending and translation/rotation combinations, while bands in the 2.1-2.7 μm regions can be attributed to H2O- and OH-combinations as well as overtones of S O bending fundamentals. OH- and H2O-bearing sulfate spectra are fundamentally different from each other at wavelengths below ∼6 μm. Changes in H2O/OH content can shift S O band positions due to change in bond lengths and structural rearrangement. Differences in absorption band wavelength positions enable discrimination of all the sulfate minerals used in this study in a number of wavelength intervals. Of the major absorption band regions, the 4-5 μm region seems best for identifying and discriminating sulfates in the presence of other major rock-forming minerals. |
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Keywords: | Asteroids composition Europa Mars surface Meteorites Mineralogy Spectroscopy |
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