Clay on Mars

Buch | Softcover

546 Seiten

2025
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division (Verlag)
978-0-443-21614-5 (ISBN)

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Clay on Mars, Volume Twelve delves into the latest advancements in the exploration and characterization of Martian clay. Edited by a team of experts, the book compiles contributions from leading researchers in the field. It begins with introductory content, followed by a detailed examination of remote sensing instruments and in situ analyses from probes and rovers. The initial chapters discuss lithologic and textural context, clay stratigraphy, and other fundamental aspects. The book also explores clay from various sources, including impact craters, lakes, seas, and hydrothermal origins.

In addition, it covers detailed examinations of surface alteration, diagenesis, mixed-layer clay minerals, and the potential for astrobiology. The book concludes with intriguing chapters on clays in meteorites and their potential as a natural resource for human missions on Mars, making it a valuable resource for mineralogists and geologists.

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Javier Cuadros is a clay geochemist at the Natural History Museum in London. He has 30+ years of experience in the field and has published 100+ peer-reviewed articles in international journals covering clay crystal-chemistry, transformation and reactivity of clays, adsorption of inorganic and organic species, spectroscopy of clays, interaction of clays with microorganisms and plants, and ~20 articles on clay on Mars. He co-edited and co-authored the book “Interstratified Clay Minerals: Origin, Characterization and Geochemical Significance published by AIPEA (International Association for the Study of Clays) in 2010. He was recognized by the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland as the 12th George Brown Lecturer in 2011. He taught courses organized by AIPEA and the Russian Clay Group. He is presently Associated Editor of Clay Minerals and has edited special collections or issues for several journals, including “Earth Analogs for Martian Geological Materials and Processes for American Mineralogist (2017-2019).

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

Erscheinungsdatum	11.10.2025
Reihe/Serie	Developments in Clay Science
Verlagsort	Philadelphia
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	1000 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
ISBN-10	0-443-21614-2 / 0443216142
ISBN-13	978-0-443-21614-5 / 9780443216145
Zustand	Neuware