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.
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.
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).
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).
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. 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
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
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
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.