Hydrothermal alteration mineralogy of Home Plate: thermochemical contstraints for their formation conditions

Filiberto, Justin and Schwenzer, Susanne (2011). Hydrothermal alteration mineralogy of Home Plate: thermochemical contstraints for their formation conditions. In: 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 7-11 Mar 2011, Houston, TX, USA.

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Abstract

Home Plate is a plateau in the Columbia Hills of Gusev Crater. It is a layered sequence of clastic rocks with alkali basaltic composition. Based on stratigraphy, structure, sedimentology, mineralogy, and bulk chemistry it is interpreted as pyroclastic deposit and thought to be extensively hydrothermally altered. The hydrothermal alteration is presumed to be of high and low temperature nature. In order to better understand the conditions (P,T,X) of hydrothermal alteration for the Home Plate region we have calculated the hydrothermal alteration mineralogy of Fastball, a primitive basalt from the Home Plate sequence, and compared these results to the mineralogy of the area.

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• Item ORO ID
• 27519
• Item Type
• Conference or Workshop Item
• Extra Information
• Thursday, March 10, 2011
  Poster Session II: Mars alteration: carbonates, sulfates, chlorides, and phyllosilicates
• Keywords
• Mars; hydrothermal; alteration; basalt; rover mission; impact crater; thermochemical modelling
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Research Group
• Space
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• © 2011 The Authors
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• • http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc201...(Other)
• Depositing User
• Susanne Schwenzer