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. 2017 Dec 7;122(12):2510–2543. doi: 10.1002/2017JE005267

Table 5.

Average APXS Unit Data Used for the Compilation in Figure 19 With Bradbury Sandstone Rock Data (First Three Entries) Are From Siebach et al. [2017], and Estimated Mars Crust Is From McLennan [2012]

SiO2 Al2O3 TiO2 FeO MgO CaO Na2O K2O Cr2O3 MnO Ni Zn P2O5 SO3 Cl Br
Group Average
Bradbury_FineSandstone_Avg 41.27 7.36 0.98 22.86 9.59 5.93 2.03 1.86 0.52 0.53 346.35 2509.65 0.79 4.78 1.08 670.15
Bradbury_Sandstone_Avg 42.71 8.71 0.89 20.44 8.56 6.16 2.67 1.63 0.53 0.39 300.27 1077.23 0.76 5.16 1.14 234.18
Stimson_Avg 43.69 9.62 0.92 18.67 8.57 6.43 2.81 0.44 0.40 0.37 440.05 359.03 0.89 5.80 1.26 228.41
All_Gale_Fines_Avg 44.92 9.15 0.90 19.04 9.03 7.01 2.55 0.49 0.38 0.40 562.76 277.16 0.80 4.49 0.66 42.48
Bagnold_Avg 46.58 8.88 0.78 19.22 9.92 6.91 2.34 0.42 0.33 0.38 630.22 181.11 0.75 2.88 0.49 46.44
Estimated Mars crust (volatile free) 49.30 10.50 0.98 18.20 9.06 6.92 2.97 0.45 0.38 0.36 337.00 320.00 0.90
Group Standard Deviation
Bradbury_FineSandstone_StDev 1.98 1.28 0.15 2.41 1.84 0.77 0.96 1.17 0.18 0.12 100.71 1549.11 0.12 1.49 0.29 661.47
Bradbury_Sandstone_StDev 2.57 1.33 0.11 2.55 1.02 0.43 0.94 0.81 0.15 0.09 88.34 487.72 0.19 1.89 0.33 258.97
Stimson_StDev 2.58 1.38 0.05 2.28 1.17 0.59 0.21 0.07 0.08 0.07 88.13 140.12 0.18 2.62 0.42 131.98
All_Gale_Fines_StDev 1.85 0.80 0.16 1.60 1.33 0.28 0.37 0.12 0.10 0.04 137.56 124.45 0.20 1.63 0.19 25.47
Bagnold_StDev 1.18 0.92 0.07 1.37 1.69 0.37 0.36 0.06 0.07 0.03 160.63 44.56 0.04 0.36 0.06 25.92