Title of article
Organic sedimentary deposits in Titan’s dry lakebeds: Probable evaporite
Author/Authors
Barnes، نويسنده , , Jason W. and Bow، نويسنده , , Jacob T. Schwartz، نويسنده , , Jacob and Brown، نويسنده , , Robert H. and Soderblom، نويسنده , , Jason M. and Hayes، نويسنده , , Alexander G. and Vixie، نويسنده , , Graham and Le Mouélic، نويسنده , , Stéphane and Rodriguez، نويسنده , , Sébastien and Sotin، نويسنده , , Christophe and Jaumann، نويسنده , , Ralf and Stephan، نويسنده , , Katrin and So، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
Pages
5
From page
136
To page
140
Abstract
We report the discovery of organic sedimentary deposits at the bottom of dry lakebeds near Titan’s north pole in observations from the Cassini Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS). We show evidence that the deposits are evaporitic, making Titan just the third known planetary body with evaporitic processes after Earth and Mars, and is the first that uses a solvent other than water.
Keywords
Titan
Journal title
Icarus
Serial Year
2011
Journal title
Icarus
Record number
2378524
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