%0 Journal Article %1 McCord1998a %A McCord, T. B. %A Hansen, G. B. %A Fanale, F. P. %A Carlson, R. W. %A Matson, D. L. %A Johnson, T. V. %A Smythe, W. D. %A Crowley, J. K. %A Martin, P. D. %A Ocampo, A. %A Hibbitts, C. A. %A Granahan, J. C. %D 1998 %J Science %K AMORPHOUS DEATH-VALLEY; EVAPORITE ICE; ION-BOMBARDMENT; MAGNETOSPHERIC MINERALS; MU-M; PLAYA REFLECTANCE; SATELLITES; SOLID SPECTRA; SPECTROSCOPY WATER; %N 5367 %P 1242--1245 %T Salts an Europa's surface detected by Galileo's Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer %V 280 %X Reflectance spectra in the 1- to 2.5-micrometer wavelength region of the surface of Europa obtained by Galileo's Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer exhibit distorted water absorption bands that indicate the presence of hydrated minerals, The laboratory spectra of hydrated salt minerals such as magnesium sulfates and sodium carbonates and mixtures of these minerals provide a close match to the Europa spectra. The distorted bands are only observed in the optically darker areas of Europa, including the lineaments, and may represent evaporite deposits formed by water, rich in dissolved salts, reaching the surface from a water-rich layer underlying an ice crust.

@article{McCord1998a, abstract = {Reflectance spectra in the 1- to 2.5-micrometer wavelength region of the surface of Europa obtained by Galileo's Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer exhibit distorted water absorption bands that indicate the presence of hydrated minerals, The laboratory spectra of hydrated salt minerals such as magnesium sulfates and sodium carbonates and mixtures of these minerals provide a close match to the Europa spectra. The distorted bands are only observed in the optically darker areas of Europa, including the lineaments, and may represent evaporite deposits formed by water, rich in dissolved salts, reaching the surface from a water-rich layer underlying an ice crust.}, added-at = {2009-11-03T20:21:25.000+0100}, author = {McCord, T. B. and Hansen, G. B. and Fanale, F. P. and Carlson, R. W. and Matson, D. L. and Johnson, T. V. and Smythe, W. D. and Crowley, J. K. and Martin, P. D. and Ocampo, A. and Hibbitts, C. A. and Granahan, J. C.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/24927df1b661f023c68505e922eaef090/svance}, citedreferences = {ANDERSON JD, 1997, Science, V276, P1236 ; CALVIN WM, 1995, J GEOPHYS RES-PLANET, V100, P19041 ; CARLSON R, 1996, Science, V274, P385 ; CARLSON RW, 1992, SPACE SCI REV, V60, P457 ; CARR MH, 1997, LUNAR PLANET SCI, V28, P207 ; CARR MH, 1998, Nature, V391, P363 ; Cassen P, 1979, GEOPHYS RES LETT, V6, P731 ; Cassen P, 1980, GEOPHYS RES LETT, V7, P987 ; CLARK RN, 1980, Icarus, V44, P388 ; CLARK RN, 1981, J GEOPHYS RES, V86, P3087 ; CLARK RN, 1982, Icarus, V49, P244 ; CLARK RN, 1993, 93592 US GEOL SURV ; CROWLEY JK, 1991, J GEOPHYS RES-SOL EA, V96, P16231 ; CROWLEY JK, 1993, REMOTE SENS ENVIRON, V44, P337 ; CROWLEY JK, 1996, ECON GEOL BULL SOC, V91, P622 ; FANALE FP, UNPUB ; FANALE FP, 1977, PLANETARY SATELLITES, P379 ; FANALE FP, 1998, LUNAR PLANET SCI, V29, P1248 ; FINK U, 1975, Icarus, V24, P411 ; GAINES RV, 1997, DANAS NEW MINERALOGY ; GRANAHAN JC, 1997, B AM ASTRON SOC, V29, P982 ; GRANAHAN JC, 1997, EOS S, V78, F417 ; GRUNDY WM, IN PRESS J GEOPHYS R ; HAGEN W, 1981, CHEM PHYS, V56, P367 ; HAGEN W, 1982, SPECTROCHIM ACTA A, V38, P1089 ; HANSEN GB, 1997, LUNAR PLANET SCI, V28, P505 ; HARDIE LA, 1968, GEOCHIM COSMOCHIM AC, V32, P1279 ; HOBBS PV, 1974, ICE PHYSICS ; HUNT G, 1973, MOD GEOL, V4, P85 ; HUNTEN DM, 1971, COMMENTS ASTROPHYS S, V3, P1 ; IRVINE WM, 1968, Icarus, V8, P324 ; JOHNSON RE, 1988, Icarus, V75, P423 ; JOHNSON TV, 1971, ASTROPHYS J, V169, P589 ; JOHNSON TV, 1983, J GEOPHYS RES, V88, P5789 ; KARGEL JS, 1991, Icarus, V94, P368 ; KEMPE S, 1989, ORIGIN EVOLUTION MOD, P29 ; KIEFFER HH, 1974, Icarus, V21, P506 ; KUIPER GP, 1961, SOLAR SYSTEM, V3, P305 ; LANE AL, 1981, Nature, V292, P38 ; LUCHITTA BK, 1982, SATELLITES JUPITER, P521 ; MALIN MC, 1986, SATELLITES, P689 ; MCCORD TB, 1997, EOS S, V78, S202 ; MCCORD TB, 1997, EOS T AGU S, V78, F407 ; MCCORD TB, 1997, Science, V278, P271 ; MCCORD TB, 1998, J GEOPHYS RES-PLANET, V103, P8603 ; MCCORD TB, 1998, LUNAR PLANET SCI, V29, P1560 ; MOROZ VI, 1965, T SOVIET ASTRON A J, V9, P999 ; NELSON RM, 1987, Icarus, V72, P358 ; NOLL KS, 1995, J GEOPHYS RES-PLANET, V100, P19057 ; OCKMAN N, 1958, ADV PHYS, V7, P199 ; PITCHER CB, 1972, Science, V178, P1087 ; POLLACK JB, 1978, Icarus, V36, P271 ; POSPIESZALSKA MK, 1989, Icarus, V78, P1 ; Reynolds RT, 1983, Icarus, V56, P246 ; SACK NJ, 1992, Icarus, V100, P534 ; SMITH BA, 1979, Science, V206, P927 ; Squyres SW, 1983, Nature, V301, P225 ; STANIER RY, 1986, MICROBIAL WORLD, P22 ; WARREN SG, 1984, APPL OPTICS, V23, P1206 ; WISCOMBE WJ, 1980, J ATMOS SCI, V37, P2712}, interhash = {78c48f49f9652cfd8e7bf5bce29cd748}, intrahash = {4927df1b661f023c68505e922eaef090}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {AMORPHOUS DEATH-VALLEY; EVAPORITE ICE; ION-BOMBARDMENT; MAGNETOSPHERIC MINERALS; MU-M; PLAYA REFLECTANCE; SATELLITES; SOLID SPECTRA; SPECTROSCOPY WATER;}, number = 5367, owner = {svance}, pages = {1242--1245}, timestamp = {2009-11-03T20:22:01.000+0100}, title = {Salts an Europa's surface detected by Galileo's Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer}, volume = 280, year = 1998 }