Bagnold Dunes Campaign Phase 2: Visible/Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy of Longitudinal Ripple Sands
Abstract
As part of the Phase 2 Bagnold Dune campaign at Gale Crater, Mars, constraints on the geochemistry, mineralogy, and oxidation state of pristine and disturbed linear sand ripples were made using visible/near–infrared spectral observations for comparison to Phase 1 spectra of the barchan dunes to the north. Spectra acquired by the ChemCam and Mastcam instruments (400–1,000 nm) at four Phase 2 locations revealed similar overall spectral trends between the two regions, but most Phase 2 sands were redder in the visible wavelengths. The majority of targets exhibited lower red/infrared ratios, higher ~530–nm band depths, and higher red/blue ratios than Phase 1 samples, suggesting a greater proportion of redder, fine–grained, ferric sands in Phase 2 samples. Here, this is consistent with the slightly greater proportion of hematite in Phase 2 samples as determined from CheMin analyses of the Ogunquit sands, which may reflect contamination from the surrounding hematite–bearing Murray formation bedrock.
- Authors:
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- The Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., Laurel, MD (United States)
- Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ (United States)
- Univ. of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB (Canada)
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (United States); California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (United States)
- Univ. de Toulouse, Toulouse (France)
- Univ. of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB (Canada)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1508549
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-18-28844
Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 45; Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES; Planetary Sciences
Citation Formats
Johnson, Jeffrey R., Bell, III, James F., Bender, Steve, Cloutis, Edward, Ehlmann, Bethany, Fraeman, Abigail, Gasnault, Olivier, Maurice, Sylvestre, Pinet, Patrick, Thompson, Lucy, Wellington, Danika, and Wiens, Roger Craig. Bagnold Dunes Campaign Phase 2: Visible/Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy of Longitudinal Ripple Sands. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1029/2018GL079025.
Johnson, Jeffrey R., Bell, III, James F., Bender, Steve, Cloutis, Edward, Ehlmann, Bethany, Fraeman, Abigail, Gasnault, Olivier, Maurice, Sylvestre, Pinet, Patrick, Thompson, Lucy, Wellington, Danika, & Wiens, Roger Craig. Bagnold Dunes Campaign Phase 2: Visible/Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy of Longitudinal Ripple Sands. United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079025
Johnson, Jeffrey R., Bell, III, James F., Bender, Steve, Cloutis, Edward, Ehlmann, Bethany, Fraeman, Abigail, Gasnault, Olivier, Maurice, Sylvestre, Pinet, Patrick, Thompson, Lucy, Wellington, Danika, and Wiens, Roger Craig. Mon .
"Bagnold Dunes Campaign Phase 2: Visible/Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy of Longitudinal Ripple Sands". United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079025. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1508549.
@article{osti_1508549,
title = {Bagnold Dunes Campaign Phase 2: Visible/Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy of Longitudinal Ripple Sands},
author = {Johnson, Jeffrey R. and Bell, III, James F. and Bender, Steve and Cloutis, Edward and Ehlmann, Bethany and Fraeman, Abigail and Gasnault, Olivier and Maurice, Sylvestre and Pinet, Patrick and Thompson, Lucy and Wellington, Danika and Wiens, Roger Craig},
abstractNote = {As part of the Phase 2 Bagnold Dune campaign at Gale Crater, Mars, constraints on the geochemistry, mineralogy, and oxidation state of pristine and disturbed linear sand ripples were made using visible/near–infrared spectral observations for comparison to Phase 1 spectra of the barchan dunes to the north. Spectra acquired by the ChemCam and Mastcam instruments (400–1,000 nm) at four Phase 2 locations revealed similar overall spectral trends between the two regions, but most Phase 2 sands were redder in the visible wavelengths. The majority of targets exhibited lower red/infrared ratios, higher ~530–nm band depths, and higher red/blue ratios than Phase 1 samples, suggesting a greater proportion of redder, fine–grained, ferric sands in Phase 2 samples. Here, this is consistent with the slightly greater proportion of hematite in Phase 2 samples as determined from CheMin analyses of the Ogunquit sands, which may reflect contamination from the surrounding hematite–bearing Murray formation bedrock.},
doi = {10.1029/2018GL079025},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
number = 18,
volume = 45,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Mon Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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