The modern near-surface Martian climate: a review of in-situ meteorological data from Viking to Curiosity

GM Martinez, CN Newman… - Space Science …, 2017 - Springer
We analyze the complete set of in-situ meteorological data obtained from the Viking landers
in the 1970s to today's Curiosity rover to review our understanding of the modern near …

Evidence for perchlorates and the origin of chlorinated hydrocarbons detected by SAM at the Rocknest aeolian deposit in Gale Crater

DP Glavin, C Freissinet, KE Miller… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A single scoop of the Rocknest aeolian deposit was sieved (< 150 µm), and four separate
sample portions, each with a mass of~ 50 mg, were delivered to individual cups inside the …

Stability of perchlorate hydrates and their liquid solutions at the Phoenix landing site, Mars

VF Chevrier, J Hanley… - Geophysical Research …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We studied the low‐temperature properties of sodium and magnesium perchlorate solutions
as potential liquid brines at the Phoenix landing site. We determined their theoretical …

Elemental composition and chemical evolution of geologic materials in Gale Crater, Mars: APXS results from Bradbury landing to the Vera Rubin ridge

JA Berger, R Gellert, NI Boyd, PL King… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Alpha Particle X‐ray Spectrometer (APXS) on the rover Curiosity has analyzed
the composition of geologic materials along a> 20‐km traverse in Gale crater on Mars. The …

Aqueous geochemistry in icy world interiors: Equilibrium fluid, rock, and gas compositions, and fate of antifreezes and radionuclides

M Neveu, SJ Desch, JC Castillo-Rogez - Geochimica et Cosmochimica …, 2017 - Elsevier
The geophysical evolution of many icy moons and dwarf planets seems to have provided
opportunities for interaction between liquid water and rock (silicate and organic solids) …

Identification of the perchlorate parent salts at the Phoenix Mars landing site and possible implications

SP Kounaves, NA Chaniotakis, VF Chevrier, BL Carrier… - Icarus, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract In 2008 the Phoenix Mars lander Wet Chemistry Laboratory (WCL) measured 0.6
wt% of perchlorate (ClO 4-) in the martian soil. A crucial question remaining unanswered is …

The formation of supercooled brines, viscous liquids, and low-temperature perchlorate glasses in aqueous solutions relevant to Mars

JD Toner, DC Catling, B Light - Icarus, 2014 - Elsevier
Salt solutions on Mars can stabilize liquid water at low temperatures by lowering the freezing
point of water. The maximum equilibrium freezing-point depression possible, known as the …

Laboratory studies of perchlorate phase transitions: Support for metastable aqueous perchlorate solutions on Mars

RV Gough, VF Chevrier, KJ Baustian, ME Wise… - Earth and Planetary …, 2011 - Elsevier
Perchlorate salts, recently discovered on Mars, are known to readily absorb water vapor
from the atmosphere and deliquesce into the aqueous phase at room temperature. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] The formation of sulfate, nitrate and perchlorate salts in the martian atmosphere

ML Smith, MW Claire, DC Catling, KJ Zahnle - Icarus, 2014 - Elsevier
In extremely arid regions on Earth, such as the Atacama Desert, nitrate, sulfate and
perchlorate salts form in the atmosphere and accumulate on the surface from dry deposition …

Deliquescence and efflorescence of calcium perchlorate: An investigation of stable aqueous solutions relevant to Mars

DL Nuding, EG Rivera-Valentin, RD Davis, RV Gough… - Icarus, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Calcium perchlorate (Ca (ClO 4) 2) is a highly deliquescent salt that may exist on
the surface of present-day Mars; however, its water uptake properties have not been well …