Mège, Daniel; Gurgurewicz, Joanna; Massironi, Matteo; Pozzobon, Riccardo; Tognon, Gloria; Pajola, Maurizio; Tornabene, Livio L.; Lucchetti, Alice; Baschetti, Beatrice; Davis, Joel M.; Hauber, Ernst; De Toffoli, Barbara; Douté, Sylvain; Keszthelyi, Laszlo; Marinangeli, Lucia; Perry, Jason; Pommerol, Antoine; Pompilio, Loredana; Rossi, Angelo Pio; Seelos, Frank; ... (2023). Hydrothermal Alteration of Ultramafic Rocks in Ladon Basin, Mars—Insights From CaSSIS, HiRISE, CRISM, and CTX. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128(1) Wiley 10.1029/2022je007223
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The evolution of the Ladon basin has been marked by intense geological activity and the discharge of huge volumes of water from the Martian highlands to the lowlands in the late Noachian and Hesperian. We explore the potential of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter/Color and Stereo Surface Imaging System color image data set for geological interpretation and show that it is particularly effective for geologic mapping in combination with other data sets such as HiRISE, Context, and Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars. The study area displays dark lobate flows of upper Hesperian to early Amazonian age, which were likely extruded from a regional extensional fault network. Spectral analysis suggests that these flows and the underlying rocks are ultramafic. Two distinct altered levels are observed below the lobate flows. The upper, yellow-orange level shows hundreds of structurally controlled narrow ridges reminiscent of ridges of listwanite, a suite of silicified, fracture-controlled silica-carbonate rocks derived from an ultramafic source and from serpentine. In addition to serpentinite, the detected mineral assemblages may include chlorite, carbonates, and talc. Kaolin minerals are detected in the lower, white level, which could have formed by groundwater alteration of plagioclase in the volcanic pile. Volcanism, tectonics, hydrothermal activity, and kaolinization are interpreted to be coeval, with hydrothermal activity and kaolinization controlled by the interactions between the aquifer and the hot, ultramafic lobate flows. Following our interpretations, East Ladon may host the first listwanite ridges described on Mars, involving a hydrothermal system rooted in a Hesperian aquifer and affecting ultramafic rocks from a magmatic source yet to be identified.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Space Research and Planetary Sciences 08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute 08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > NCCR PlanetS |
UniBE Contributor: |
Pommerol, Antoine, Thomas, Nicolas |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 530 Physics 500 Science > 520 Astronomy 600 Technology > 620 Engineering |
ISSN: |
2169-9097 |
Publisher: |
Wiley |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Dora Ursula Zimmerer |
Date Deposited: |
16 Mar 2023 07:28 |
Last Modified: |
16 Mar 2023 23:27 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1029/2022je007223 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/180140 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/180140 |
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