The H2O and CO2 adsorption properties of phyllosilicate-poor palagonitic dust and smectites under martian environmental conditions |
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| Authors: | Jochen Jänchen Richard V Morris David L Bish Mareike Janssen Udo Hellwig |
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| Institution: | aTFH Wildau (University Applied Sciences), Bahnhofstraße, 15745 Wildau, Germany;bTFH Wildau, c/o ZeoSolar e.V., Volmerstr. 13, 12489 Berlin, Germany;cNASA Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058, USA;dIndiana University, 1001 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA |
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| Abstract: | The recent detection of up to ∼10 wt% water-equivalent H heterogeneously distributed in the upper meter of the equatorial regions of the martian surface and the presence of the 3-μm hydrations feature across the entire planet raises the question whether martian surficial dust can account for this water-equivalent H. We have investigated the H2O and CO2 adsorption properties of palagonitic dust (<5 μm size fraction of phyllosilicate-poor palagonitic tephra HWMK919) as a martian dust analog and two smectites under simulated martian equatorial surface conditions. Our results show that the palagonitic dust, which contains hydrated and hydroxylated volcanic glass of basaltic composition, accommodates significantly more H2O under comparable humidity and temperature conditions than do the smectites nontronite and montmorillonite. |
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| Keywords: | Mars surface Mineralogy |
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