Organic sedimentary deposits in Titan's dry lakebeds: Probable evaporite

Jason W. Barnes; Jacob Bow; Jacob Schwartz; Robert H. Brown; Jason M. Soderblom; Alexander G. Hayes; Graham Vixie; Stéphane Le Mouélic; Sebastien Rodriguez; Christophe Sotin; Ralf Jaumann; Katrin Stephan; Laurence A. Soderblom; Roger N. Clark; Bonnie J. Buratti; Kevin H. Baines; Philip D. Nicholson

doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.022

Organic sedimentary deposits in Titan's dry lakebeds: Probable evaporite

Jason W. Barnes, Jacob Bow, Jacob Schwartz, Robert H. Brown, Jason M. Soderblom, Alexander G. Hayes, Graham Vixie, Stéphane Le Mouélic, Sebastien Rodriguez, Christophe Sotin, Ralf Jaumann, Katrin Stephan, Laurence A. Soderblom, Roger N. Clark, Bonnie J. Buratti, Kevin H. Baines, Philip D. Nicholson

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	136-140
Number of pages	5
Journal	Icarus
Volume	216
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.022
State	Published - Nov 2011

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Barnes, J. W., Bow, J., Schwartz, J., Brown, R. H., Soderblom, J. M., Hayes, A. G., Vixie, G., Le Mouélic, S., Rodriguez, S., Sotin, C., Jaumann, R., Stephan, K., Soderblom, L. A., Clark, R. N., Buratti, B. J., Baines, K. H., & Nicholson, P. D. (2011). Organic sedimentary deposits in Titan's dry lakebeds: Probable evaporite. Icarus, 216(1), 136-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.022

Barnes, JW, Bow, J, Schwartz, J, Brown, RH, Soderblom, JM, Hayes, AG, Vixie, G, Le Mouélic, S, Rodriguez, S, Sotin, C, Jaumann, R, Stephan, K, Soderblom, LA, Clark, RN, Buratti, BJ, Baines, KH & Nicholson, PD 2011, 'Organic sedimentary deposits in Titan's dry lakebeds: Probable evaporite', Icarus, vol. 216, no. 1, pp. 136-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.022

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