GEOCHEMICAL COMPONENTS IN MARTIAN SOIL

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CLARK, BC
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10.1016/0016-7037(93)90183-W
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P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
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0708 ; 070902 ;
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Trends in element compositional variation among samples at the Viking lander sites on Mars provided evidence for multiple geochemical components in the soils. A simple two-component model can explain all pair-wise trends of eight elements analyzed. Component A contains Si and most or all the Al, Ca, Ti, and Fe. Component B, which is 16 +/- 3% by weight of the total, contains S and most or all the Cl and Mg. These results constrain several models of Martian soil mineralogy but are consistent with a mixture of silicates and salts.
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