A lot more Martianrocks were altered by water than scientists originally thought, suggesting thatearly Mars was a very wet place. Newobservations made by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), ...

The intimate coexistence of two microstructurally defined phyllosilicate populations that have apparently achieved two different degrees of diagenetic/metamorphic maturity underscores the importance ...

Hundreds of impact craters on Mars contain diverse phyllosilicates, interpreted as excavation products of preexisting subsurface deposits following impact and crater formation. This has been used to ...

Figure 1: CRISM and laboratory reflectance spectra showing hydrated silicate mineral diversity. A new class of hydrated silicate has been identified (spectrum 2 in Fig. 1b), characterized by a ...

Clay minerals suspended in seawater binds sedimentary organic carbon to their mineral surfaces. But the quantity of carbon that is bound and the source of that carbon very much depends on the clay ...

The search for water on other planetary bodies has taken agiant leap forward in recent months. In November, NASA announced that it hadfound substantial quantities of water on the Moon. Earlier this ...

Researchers in Edinburgh have produced a new mathematical model that could improve how earthquakes are predicted. The geoscientists are based at the Lyell Centre, a partnership between Heriot-Watt ...