Mikhail Zolotov:

Publications on water-rock chemical interactions on solar system objects

 

Journal publications and book chapters

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Kargel J. S. Composition of Europa’s Icy Shell, Ocean and Underlying Rocks. In Europa (R. Pappalardo, W. B. McKinnon, and K. Khurana, eds.). Univ. of Arizona Press, Tucson, in review.

Mironenko, M. V., and Zolotov, M. Yu., A kinetic-equilibrium model for water-rock interactions in closed low temperature systems. Applied Geochemistry, submitted.

McAdam, A. C., Zolotov, M. Yu., Mironenko, M. V., and Sharp, T. G. (2008) Formation of Silica by Low-Temperature Acid Alteration of Martian Rocks. J. Geophys. Research [Planets], in press.

McAdam, A. C., Zolotov, M. Yu., Leshin, L. A., and Sharp, T. G. Low pH (2008) Preferential Low-pH Dissolution of Pyroxene in Plagioclase-Pyroxene Mixtures: Implications for Martian Surface Materials. Icarus 196, 90-96. pdf

Glein, C. R., Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock, E. L. (2008) Oxidation State of Hydrothermal Fluids on Early Enceladus, Icarus 197, in press. pdf-proofs

Zolotov, M. Yu. (2007) An Oceanic Composition on Early and Today’s Enceladus, Geophysical Research Letters 34, L23203, doi: 1029/2007GLG031234. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Mironenko, M. V. (2007) Timing of Acid Weathering on Mars: A Kinetic-Thermodynamic Assessment, J. Geophysical Research, [Planets] 112, E07006, doi:10.1029/2006JE002882. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., Mironenko, M. V., and Shock, E. L. (2006) Thermodynamic Constraints on Fayalite Formation on Parent Bodies of Chondrites. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 41(11), 1775-1796. pdf

Owen, T. C., Niemann, H., Atreya, S., and Zolotov, M. Y. (2006) Between Heaven and Earth: The Exploration of Titan. Faraday Discussions 133: 287-291. pdf

Seewald, J., Zolotov, M. Yu., and McCollom, T. (2006) Experimental Investigation of Carbon Speciation under Hydrothermal Conditions, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70, 446-460. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock, E. L. (2005) Formation of Jarosite-bearing Deposits Through Aqueous Oxidation of Pyrite at Meridiani Planum, Mars. Geophysical Research Letters 32, No. 21, L21203, doi: 10.1029/2005 GL024253. pdf

Zolotov, M.Y., and Shock, E.L. (2004) A Model for Low-temperature Biogeochemistry of Sulfur, Carbon, and Iron on Europa J. Geophysical Research, [Planets], 109, E06003, doi: 10.1029/2003JE002194. pdf

Zolotov, M. Y., and Shock, E. L. (2003) Energy for Biologic Sulfate Reduction in a Hydrothermally Formed Ocean on Europa, Journal of Geophysical Research, [Planets] 108, E4, 5022, 10.1029/2002JE001966. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock, E. L. (2001) Composition and Stability of Salts on the Surface of Europa and their Oceanic Origin. Journal of Geophysical Research, [Planets] 106, 32815-32828. pdf

Shock, E. L., Amend J. P., and Zolotov, M. Y. (2000) The Early Earth vs. the Origin of Life. In Origin of the Earth and Moon (R. Canup and K. Righter, Eds.), pp. 527-543, Univ. of Arizona Press, Tucson.

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock, E. L. (2000) An Abiotic Origin for Hydrocarbons in the Allan Hills 84001 Martian Meteorite Through Cooling of Magmatic and Impact-Generated Gases. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 35, 629-638. pdf

Zolotov, M., and Shock, E. (1999) Abiotic Synthesis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research, [Planets] 104, 14033-14049.

Gooding, J. L., Arvidson, R. E., and Zolotov, M. Yu. (1992) Physical and Chemical Weathering. In Mars, (H. Kieffer, B. Jakosky, C. Snyder, and M. Matthews, Eds.), Univ. of Arizona Press, Tucson, 626-651.

Zolotov, M. Yu. (1989) Chemical Weathering on Venus and Mars: Similarities and Differences. In Cosmochemistry and Comparative Planetology, (V. L. Barsukov, Ed.), 71-80, Nauka, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, (in Russian).

Book:

Sidorov, Yu. I., and M. Yu. Zolotov (1989) Rocks and Soil of the Martian Surface. Nauka: Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 224 pp., (in Russian with English summary and table of contents).

 

Abstracts:

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Mironenko, M. V. (2008b) Aqueous Alteration of CM2 Chondrites Evaluated with Kinetic Models. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 43, Suppl. pdf

McAdam, A. C., Zolotov, M. Yu., Mironenko, M. V., and Sharp, T. G. (2008), Formation of Martian Silica-Rich Deposits Through Rock Alteration: A Theoretical Assessment, XXXIX Lunar and Planet. Sci. [CD-ROM], abstract 2371. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu. (2008) Oceanic Composition on Europa: Constraints from Mineral Solubilities, XXXIX Lunar and Planet. Sci. [CD-ROM], abstract 2349. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Mironenko, M. V. (2008) Early Alteration of Matrices in Parent Bodies of CI/CM Carbonaceous Chondrites: Kinetic-Thermodynamic Modeling, XXXIX Lunar and Planet. Sci. [CD-ROM], abstract 1998. pdf

Mironenko, M. V., and Zolotov, M. Yu. (2007) Aqueous Oxidation of Hydrogen Sulfide as a Cause of Acid Rock Alteration on Mars, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P11C-0706. text

Zolotov, M. Yu. (2007) Organic History and Ice-Rock Decoupling on Enceladus, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P21B-0540. text

McAdam, A. C., Zolotov, M. Yu., Mironenko, M. V., and Sharp, T. G. (2007) Formation of Silica Deposits on Mars by Acid Weathering: Physical-Chemical Constraints, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P11A-0255. text

Zolotov, M. Yu. (2007) Water-Rock Interactions and Oceanic Chemistry on Enceladus. Enceladus Focus meeting, II, August 2007, Boulder, CO. text

Zolotov, M. Yu. and Mironenko, M. V. (2007) Chemical Evolution on an Early Ocean on Europa: A Kinetic-Thermodynamic Modeling, Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Satellites of the Outer Solar System, August 13-15 2007, Boulder, Colorado [CD-ROM], abstract 6065. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., Mironenko, M. V., Glein, C. R., and Shock, E. L. (2007) The Formation and Nature of Early Oceans on Icy Satellites: Geochemical Constraints, Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Satellites of the Outer Solar System, August 13-15 2007, Boulder, Colorado [CD-ROM], abstract 6047. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., Mironenko, M. V. and Krieg M. L. (2007) Evaluation of Pressure During Aqueous Alteration and Metamorphism of Asteroids, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 42, Suppl. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Mironenko, M. V. (2007) Formation and Fate of Phyllosilicates on the Surface of Mars: Geochemical Modeling of Aqueous Weathering, Seventh International Conference on Mars [CD-ROM], abstract 3365. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu.,and Mironenko, M. V. (2007) Hydrogen Chloride as a Source of Acid Fluids in Parent Bodies of Chondrites, XXXVIII Lunar and Planet. Sci., [CD-ROM], abstract 2340. pdf

McAdam, A. C., Zolotov, M. Yu., and Mironenko, M. V., and Sharp, T. G. (2007) Acid Weathering of Basaltic Lithologies: Equilibrium Modeling and Applications to Mars, XXXVIII Lunar and Planet. Sci., [CD-ROM], abstract 2198. pdf

McAdam, A. C., Zolotov, M. Yu., and Mironenko, M. V., and Sharp, T. G. (2007) Preferential Low-pH Dissolution of Pyroxene in Plagioclase-Pyroxene Mixtures and Implications for Martian Low-Albedo Regions, XXXVIII Lunar and Planet. Sci., [CD-ROM], abstract 1871. pdf

Mironenko, M. V. and Zolotov, M. Yu. (2007) Timing of Acid Weathering and Oxidation on Mars, XXXVIII Lunar and Planet. Sci., [CD-ROM], abstract 1594. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu. (2007) Origin of Acid Fluids on Mars: Impacts vs. Volcanism, XXXVIII Lunar and Planet. Sci., [CD-ROM], abstract 1343. pdf

Glein, C. R., Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock, E. L. (2007) Hydrothermal Geochemistry as the Source of Plume Gases on Enceladus, XXXVIII Lunar and Planet. Sci., [CD-ROM], abstract 1251. pdf

McAdam, A. C., Zolotov, M. Yu., Mironenko, M. V., Leshin, L. A., and Sharp, T. G. (2006) Low pH Weathering of Mars Analog Lithologies: Thermodynamic Modeling. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Supplement, 70, No. 18, p. 406.

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock, E. L. (2006) Chemical Evolution of Europa’s Ocean: Insights from Chondrites, Europa Focus Group, Workshop 5, Moffett Field, California, February 27-28, 2006, abstracts, 135-136.

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock, E. L. (2006) Evolution of Chemical Energy Sources for Life on Europa, Astrobiology, 6(1), p. 162.

McAdam, A. C., Zolotov, M. Yu., Mironenko, M. V., Leshin, L. A., and Sharp, T. G. (2006) Aqueous Chemical Weathering of a Mars Analog Lithology: Kinetic Modeling for a Ferrar Dolerite Composition, XXXVII Lunar and Planet. Sci., [CD-ROM], abstract 2363.

Niles, P. B., Zolotov, M. Yu., and Leshin, L. A. (2006) The Role of CO2 in Aqueous Alteration of Ultra-Mafic Rocks and the Formation of Mg-, Fe-rich Aqueous Solutions on Early Mars, XXXVII Lunar and Planet. Sci., [CD-ROM], abstract 1440. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., Krieg, M. L., Shock, E. L., and McKinnon, W. B. (2006) Chemistry of a Primordial Ocean on Europa, XXXVII Lunar and Planet. Sci., [CD-ROM], abstract 1435. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., Owen T., Atreya S., Niemann H., and Shock, E. L. (2005) An Endogenic Origin of Titan’s Methane, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P43B-O4, Invited. text

Owen, T., Atreya, S., Niemann, H., and Zolotov M. (2005) Titan: A Fiercely Frozen Echo of the Early Earth, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U23A-08. text

Zolotov, M. Yu. (2005) Water-Rock Reactions on Non-Planetary Bodies in the Early Solar System, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P53A-07, Invited. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., Shock, E. L., and Mironenko, M. V. (2005) Hydrogen Formation and Phase Partitioning During Parent Body Alteration of Chondrites: A Thermodynamic Quantification, Meteoritics and Planetary Science 40, Suppl., A176. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., Mironenko, M. V., and Shock, E. L. (2005) Thermodynamic Constraints on Fayalite Formation on Parent Bodies of Chondrites, Meteoritics and Planetary Science 40, Suppl., A175. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., Mironenko, M. V., and Shock, E. L. (2005) Competitive Oxidation and Hydration during Aqueous Alteration of Asteroids. In Workshop on Oxygen in Asteroids and Meteorites, held June 2-3, 2005 in Flagstaff, Arizona, LPI Contribution No. 1267, p. 33. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., Mironenko, M. V., and Shock, E. L. (2005) Aqueous Alteration and Hydrogen Generation on Parent Bodies of Unequilibrated Ordinary Chondrites: Thermodynamic Modeling for the Semarkona Composition. XXXVI Lunar and Planet. Sci., [CD-ROM], abstract 2271. pdf

Mironenko, M. V., and Zolotov, M. Yu. (2005) Thermodynamic Models for Aqueous Alteration Coupled with Volume and Pressure Changes in Asteroids (2005) XXXVI Lunar and Planet. Sci., [CD-ROM], abstract 2207. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock, E. L. (2004) Formation of Jarosite-bearing Deposits Through Aqueous Oxidation of Pyrite at the Meridiani Planum, Mars, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., abstract P24A-05. text

Zolotov, M. Yu., Shock, E. L., Niles, P., and Leshin, L. (2004) Martian Subsurface Waters: Alkaline and Reduced Throughout History. Second Conference on Early Mars, October 11-15, 2004, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, abstract 8036. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock, E. L. (2004) Pathways of Hydrogen Generation During Aqueous Alteration of Chondrites. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 39, Suppl., A119. pdf

Zolotov, M.Yu., Shock, E.L., Barr, A.C., and Pappalardo, R.T. (2004) Brine Pockets in the Icy Crust of Europa: Distribution, Chemistry, and Habitability. In Workshop on Europa's Icy Shell: Past, Present, and Future, 100-1001, LPI Contribution No. 1195, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., Seewald, J. S., and McCollom, T. M. (2003) Dissolved Carbon Monoxide in Hydrothermal Fluids on Solar System Bodies: Experimental study of Reactivity and Organic Synthesis. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 38, Suppl. A132.

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock, E. L. (2003) Aqueous Reduction Processes in Asteroids. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 38, Suppl., A68. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock, E. L. (2003) Aqueous Oxidation of Parent Bodies of Carbonaceous Chondrites and Galilean Satellites Driven by Hydrogen Escape, XXXIII Lunar and Planet. Sci., [CD-ROM], abstract 2047. pdf

Zolotov, M. Y., and Shock, E. L. (2003) Autotrophic Sulfate Reduction in Hydrothermally Formed Ocean on Europa. Astrobiology 2, No. 4, 514.

Zolotov, M. Y., Shock, E. L. and McKinnon, W. B. (2002) Effects of Early Water-Rock Chemical Interactions on Interior Structures, Physical Properties, and Heat Balances of Galilean Satellites. Eos Trans. AGU, 83 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., F839.

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock, E. L. (2002) The Speciation of Sulfur in an Ocean on Europa, XXXIII Lunar and Planet. Sci., [CD-ROM], abstract 1531. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., Seewald, J. S., and McCollom, T. M. (2001) Experimental Investigation of Aqueous Carbon Monoxide Reactivity under Hydrothermal Conditions. Eleventh Annual V. M. Goldschmidt Conference, May 20-24, 2001, Hot Springs, Virginia, abstract 3809. 

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock, E. L. (2001) Geochemical Constraints on the Oxidation States of the Europan Ocean and Mantle, XXXII Lunar and Planet. Sci., [CD-ROM], abstract 2025. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock, E. L. (2001) A Hydrothermal Origin for the Sulfate-Rich Ocean of Europa, XXXII Lunar and Planet. Sci., [CD-ROM], abstract 1990. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock E. L. (2000) The Oxidation State of Europa and Other Galilean Satellites. Eos Trans. AGU, 81, No. 48, F790.

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock, E. L. (2000) A Microbial Cycle for Organic Carbon and Sulfur in the Vicinity of the Oceanic Floor on Europa. First Astrobiology Science Conference, April 3-5, 2000, California, NASA Ames Research Center, 17.

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock, E. L. (2000) Freezing of Oceanic Water on Europa: Theoretical Modeling. XXXI Lunar and Planet. Sci., [CD-ROM], abstract 1726. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock, E. L. (2000) Mass Balance Constraints on the Elemental Composition of the Ocean on Europa. XXXI Lunar and Planet. Sci., [CD-ROM], abstract 1580. pdf

Zolotov, M. Yu., and Shock, E. L. (1998) Abiotic Synthesis of Hydrocarbons on Mars: Theoretical Modeling of Metastable Equilibria. In Workshop on the Issue Martian Meteorites: Where Do We Stand and Where Are We Going? LPI Contrib. No. 956, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, 62-64. abstract

Zolotov, M. Yu., Krot, T. V., and Moroz, L. V. (1993) K, U, and Th Behavior in Martian Environmental Conditions. XXIV Lunar and Planet. Sci., 1585-1586. pdf