New Synthetic Martian Basalts from Spirit data, Gusev crater.

Nicolas Bost (1, 2) , Frances Westall (1) , Fabrice Gaillard (2) , Claire Ramboz (2) , Frédéric Foucher (1)

1 CBM - Centre de biophysique moléculaire
2 ISTO - Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans - UMR7327

There are no suitable terrestrial analogues for martian basalts, which are richer in Fe and Mg. We present the results of a preliminary experiment to synthesise martian basalts based on the Sprit data from Gusev Crater.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

Nicolas Bost, Frances Westall, Fabrice Gaillard, Claire Ramboz, Frédéric Foucher. New Synthetic Martian Basalts from Spirit data, Gusev crater.. EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, Oct 2011, Nantes, France. pp.398. ⟨insu-01298685⟩