Chlorine Release From Common Chlorides by Martian Dust Activity

Detecting electrical activity from Martian dust storms

We present a model addressing the possible electrification of Martian dust storms based on the effective electrical charging of an individual dust grain. An upper charge bound on a grain can be determined based on the grain capacitance in the lowpressure Martian atmosphere. It is assumed that treiboelectric and inductive processes, like that presumed operating in terrestrial dust storms, can el...

Martian Brines: Clues from Sulfur and Chlorine in Salts from Some Martian Meteorites and Mer Samples

Introduction: For studying the aqueous alteration records in rocks and soils on Mars, halogens and sulfur seem to be better suited [1]. The coupling and de-coupling of these mobile elements such as S and Cl in salt-bearing mineral assemblages in Martian meteorites and MER samples are complex partly due to leaching and deposition of sulfates and chlorides by brine solutions on Mars. While review...

Dust from Collisions: Mid-infrared Absorbance Spectroscopy of Martian

METEORITES. A. Morlok, M. Anand and M. M. Grady Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan Department of Earth Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA...

Dust from collisions: mid-infrared absorbance spectroscopy of Martian meteorites

Martian Dust Belts: Waiting for Discovery

Mukai (1992), Krymskii et al. (1992), Tátrallyay et al. (1992), Juhász et al. (1993), Kholshevnikov et al. (1993), In this paper, we present modeling results of the presumed dust belts of Mars. We combine recently obtained theoretical Ishimoto and Mukai (1994), Krivov (1994), Krivov and results in dynamics of circumplanetary dust grains with up-toTitov (1994), Sasaki (1994), Juhász and Horányi ...