Clay on Mars

Edited by Javier Cuadros

ISBN13: 9780443216145

Imprint: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Format: Paperback / softback

Published: 01/09/2025

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Description
Clay on Mars provides an in-depth look at the latest advancements in exploration and characterization of clay on Mars. The editors bring together an impressive group of contributors to examine the most recent developments in the field. Following some useful introductory content, the book begins with a look at remote sensing instruments and in situ analyses from probes and rovers. After a discussion of lithologic and textural context as well as clay stratigraphy, the chapters review clay from impact craters, clay from lakes and seas, and clays of hydrothermal origin. There are detailed examinations of surface alteration, diagenesis and burial, and mixed-layer clay minerals. The book closes with thought-provoking chapters on clays in meteorites, potential Martian astrobiology, and clays as a possible natural resource for human missions on Mars. Mineralogists and geologists will find much to consider and contemplate in this intriguing study of clay on mars.
1. Introduction to Mars 2. Geologic context of clays on Mars 3. Remote sensing instruments used in the investigation of clays on Mars 4. In situ analysis from probes and rovers 5. Lithologic and textural context of clays inferred from remote sensing 6. Clay stratigraphy 7. Clays from impact craters 8. Clays from lakes and seas 9. Clays of apparent hydrothermal origin. 10. Surface alteration. Possible origins of proto-clays 11. Diagenesis and burial 12. Mixed-layered clay minerals on Mars 13. Clays in martian meteorites 14. Clays and Martian astrobiology 15. Clays and natural resources for human missions on Mars 16. Future directions
  • Geochemistry
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