Conveners
Earth & Environment: Session 4
- Chris Wensrich (University of Newcastle)
Water was discovered 1.5 km below the surface of Mars in 2018 and some liquid water may occur transiently on the Martian surface in the spectrally dominant phyllosilicate group, smectite. In the same year, NASA confirmed that water ice is present in silicates on the surface of the Moon in the polar regions. This discovery has prompted the return of people to the Moon, whereby the Artemis...
Hydrated forms of cryosalts in frozen brines play important roles in the polar landscape and troposphere of Earth [1], and their melting [2] is implicated in recurring slope lineae (RSL) in Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valley [3] and equator-facing, mid-latitude (42ºN-52ºS) slopes of Mars [4]. Observation of the widespread occurrence of clay minerals and salts on the Martian surface [5] indicates...
Understanding flow of hydrogen rich liquids in shale rocks is critical for the recovery of unconventional hydrocarbon resources. The most common hydrogen rich liquids pertaining to shale rocks are water and oil. The extensive research on water and oil flow in shale rocks has not yet been able to explain the significant uncertainties and discrepancies in reported experimental data....
