South Dakota Mines Researchers Use Lab Experiments to Show Volcanic Activity on Mars
August 30, 2023
August 30, 2023
RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release:
Gokce K Ustunisik, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering at South Dakota Mines, and Alexander Rogaski, who completed his master's degree at Mines under Ustunisik, have produced minerals found on Mars by experimentally mimicking the conditions in Martian fumaroles, or vents found in areas of volcanic activity. . . .
Gokce K Ustunisik, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering at South Dakota Mines, and Alexander Rogaski, who completed his master's degree at Mines under Ustunisik, have produced minerals found on Mars by experimentally mimicking the conditions in Martian fumaroles, or vents found in areas of volcanic activity. . . .