The Medusae Fossae Formation as the single largest source of dust on Mars

Lujendra Ojha; Kevin Lewis; Suniti Karunatillake; Mariek Schmidt

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05291-5

Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

The Medusae Fossae Formation as the single largest source of dust on Mars

Lujendra Ojha,
Kevin Lewis,
Suniti Karunatillake,
Mariek Schmidt

Affiliations

Lujendra Ojha: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
Kevin Lewis: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
Suniti Karunatillake: Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University
Mariek Schmidt: Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05291-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Martian dust is globally enriched in S and Cl and has a distinct mean S:Cl ratio. Here the authors identify that the largest potential source region for Martian dust based on analysis of elemental abundance data may be the Medusae Fossae Formation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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