%0 Journal Article %1 Fegley1995 %A Fegley, B. %A Klingelhofer, G. %A Brackett, R. A. %A Izenberg, N. %A Kremser, D. T. %A Lodders, K. %D 1995 %J Icarus %K MARS MOSSBAUER; VOLCANISM; %N 2 %P 373--383 %T Basalt oxidation and the formation of hematite on the surface of Venus %V 118 %X We present experimental results showing that basalt is oxidized in gas mixtures with CO number densities approximately equal to those at the surface of Venus. Although the gas mixtures have CO/CO2 ratios falling inside the magnetite stability field, Mossbauer spectroscopy shows that hematite and Fe3+ in pyroxene are produced in the oxidized basalt, The results suggest that the red color observed at several Venera landing sites is due to sub-aerial oxidation of Fe2+-bearing basalt on the surface of Venus, and that hematite, instead of magnetite, is present on the surface of Venus. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.

@article{Fegley1995, abstract = {We present experimental results showing that basalt is oxidized in gas mixtures with CO number densities approximately equal to those at the surface of Venus. Although the gas mixtures have CO/CO2 ratios falling inside the magnetite stability field, Mossbauer spectroscopy shows that hematite and Fe3+ in pyroxene are produced in the oxidized basalt, The results suggest that the red color observed at several Venera landing sites is due to sub-aerial oxidation of Fe2+-bearing basalt on the surface of Venus, and that hematite, instead of magnetite, is present on the surface of Venus. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.}, added-at = {2009-11-03T20:21:25.000+0100}, author = {Fegley, B. and Klingelhofer, G. and Brackett, R. A. and Izenberg, N. and Kremser, D. T. and Lodders, K.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/27e40d9ad8f32353cccc99ba24319c9d0/svance}, interhash = {59f447d748bba502fb4e035462d292db}, intrahash = {7e40d9ad8f32353cccc99ba24319c9d0}, journal = {Icarus}, keywords = {MARS MOSSBAUER; VOLCANISM;}, number = 2, owner = {svance}, pages = {373--383}, timestamp = {2009-11-03T20:21:46.000+0100}, title = {Basalt oxidation and the formation of hematite on the surface of Venus}, volume = 118, year = 1995 }