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Iron redox systematics of martian magmas
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Danielson, L. Martin, A. Newville, M. Pando, K. Righter, K. Sutton, S. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | Martian magmas are known to be FeO-rich and the dominant FeO-bearing mineral at many sites visited by the Mars Exploration rovers (MER) is magnetite [1]. Morris et al. [1] propose that the magnetite appears to be igneous in origin, rather than of secondary origin. However, magnetite is not typically found in experimental studies of martian magmatic rocks [2,3]. Magnetite stability in terrestrial magmas is well understood, as are the stability of FeO and Fe2O3 in terrestrial magmas [4,5]. In order to better understand the variation of FeO and Fe2O3, and the stability of magnetite (and other FeO-bearing phases) in martian magmas we have undertaken an experimental study with two emphases. First we document the stability of magnetite with temperature and fO2 in a shergottite bulk composition. Second, we determine the FeO and Fe2O3 contents of the same shergottite bulk composition at 1 bar and variable fO2 at 1250 C, and at variable pressure. These two goals will help define not only magnetite stability, but pyroxene-melt equilibria that are also dependent upon fO2. |
| File Size | 175764 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110022974 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t50g8nk9v |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2011-11-17 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration Pyroxenes Magnetite Shergottites Planetary Geology Mars Planet Rocks Mars Surface Oxidation-reduction Reactions Iron Oxides Magma Roving Vehicles Mars Exploration Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |