Mineral-Brine Interactions- Chemical Weathering on Salty Worlds


By measuring reaction rates and examining the products in high salinity systems, we can learn more about Mars and Ceres, as well as sustainable mining practices, carbon sequestration, and hydrogen production on Earth.

Publications


Characterizing ferrihydrite transformation products in near-saturated brine environments: Implications for Fe-oxide formation on Mars


Kaydra Barbre, Andrew Elwood Madden, Caitlin Hodges, Megan Elwood Madden

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, vol. 130, 2025, pp. e2024JE008650


Microscopic observations of smectite cation exchange in the absence of free water: implications for the evolution of Mars sediments


Christopher Geyer, Andrew S Elwood Madden, Preston R Larson, Megan Elwood Madden

Clays and Clay Minerals, vol. 72, Cambridge University Press Cambridge, UK, 2024, pp. e18


The role of sulfate in cation exchange reactions: applications to clay--brine interactions on Mars


Christopher Geyer, Andrew S Elwood Madden, Andrew Rodriguez, Janice L Bishop, Daniel Mason, Megan Elwood Madden

The Planetary Science Journal, vol. 4, IOP Publishing, 2023, p. 48


Siderite dissolution in Mars-analog Brines: Kinetics and reaction products


MD Cullen, CM Phillips-Lander, AS Elwood Madden, ME Elwood Madden

The Planetary Science Journal, vol. 2, IOP Publishing, 2021, p. 169


Albite dissolution rates in brines: Implications for late-stage weathering on Mars


Charity M Phillips-Lander, Jamie L Miller, Megan Elwood Madden

Icarus, vol. 365, Academic Press, 2021, p. 114478


Aqueous alteration of pyroxene in sulfate, chloride, and perchlorate brines: Implications for post-Noachian aqueous alteration on Mars


Charity M Phillips-Lander, Andrew S Elwood Madden, Elisabeth M Hausrath, Megan E Elwood Madden

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 257, Pergamon, 2019, pp. 336--353


Jarosite dissolution rates in perchlorate brine


Carey Legett IV, Brittany N Pritchett, Andrew S Elwood Madden, Charity M Phillips-Lander, Megan E Elwood Madden

Icarus, vol. 301, Academic Press, 2018, pp. 189--195


Carbonate dissolution rates in high salinity brines: Implications for post-Noachian chemical weathering on Mars


Charity M Phillips-Lander, SR Parnell, LE McGraw, ME Elwood Madden

Icarus, vol. 307, Academic Press, 2018, pp. 281--293


Can we use pyroxene weathering textures to interpret aqueous alteration conditions? Yes and No


Charity M Phillips-Lander, Carey Legett, Andrew S Elwood Madden, Megan E Elwood Madden

American Mineralogist, vol. 102, De Gruyter, 2017, pp. 1915--1921


Alunite dissolution rates: Dissolution mechanisms and implications for Mars


JL Miller, AS Elwood Madden, CM Phillips-Lander, BN Pritchett, ME Elwood Madden

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 172, Pergamon, 2016, pp. 93--106


Dissolution of nontronite in chloride brines and implications for the aqueous history of Mars


MH Steiner, EM Hausrath, ME Elwood Madden, O Tschauner, BL Ehlmann, AA Olsen, SR Gainey, JS Smith

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 195, Pergamon, 2016, pp. 259--276


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