Published November 2011
| Version public
Journal Article
Organic sedimentary deposits in Titan's dry lakebeds: Probable evaporite
Creators
- Barnes, Jason W.1
- Bow, Jacob1
- Schwartz, Jacob1, 2
- Brown, Robert H.3
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Soderblom, Jason M.4, 3
- Hayes, Alexander G.5
- Vixie, Graham1
- Le Mouélic, Stéphane6
- Rodriguez, Sebastien
- Sotin, Christophe7
- Jaumann, Ralf8
- Stephan, Katrin8
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Soderblom, Laurence A.9
- Clark, Roger N.9
- Buratti, Bonnie J.7
- Baines, Kevin H.10
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Nicholson, Philip D.4
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University of Idaho
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University of California, Los Angeles
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University of Arizona
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Cornell University
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California Institute of Technology
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Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes
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Jet Propulsion Lab
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German Aerospace Center
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United States Geological Survey
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University of Wisconsin–Madison
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.
Additional Information
© 2011 Elsevier Inc. Received 22 February 2011; revised 1 July 2011; Accepted 19 August 2011. Available online 1 September 2011. The authors acknowledge support from the Cassini Project and helpful discussions with Ralph D. Lorenz and Christopher P. McKay.Additional details
Identifiers
- Eprint ID
- 28514
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.022
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20111219-104117528
Funding
- Cassini Project
Dates
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2011-12-19Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-09Created from EPrint's last_modified field