Could “Saltwater” Be the Reason Why Mars Is Red? New Insights into the Transformation of Iron Oxides
A joint research team including So Fukaya, a first-year doctoral student at the Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Professor Keisuke Fukushi of the Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, and Professor Yoshio Takahashi of the Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, has revealed through laboratory experiments simulating ancient Martian water environments that the salinity of past water on Mars may have influenced the coloration of the planet’s surface.
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