Table 1 Major and minor elements (mg/kg) in the Colour Peak water and liberated from the Colour Peak sediment.

From: The identification of sulfide oxidation as a potential metabolism driving primary production on late Noachian Mars

 

Minimum detection limits (mg/kg)

Colour peak water

Colour Peak water after resuspension of sediment

NaCl solution

NaCl solution after resuspension of sediment

Al

0.014

0.23 (0.04)

0.68 (0.02)

0.19 (0.02)

0.64 (0.03)

Ca

0.002

2,850 (1,020)

2,760 (1,100)

 < 0.002 (0)

3,740 (1,240)

K

0.015

97.50 (2.90)

338 (5.00)

 < 0.015 (0)

325 (0)

Mg

0.001

35.0 (1.94)

386 (2.11)

 < 0.001 (0)

405 (0)

Rb

0.002

1.25 (0.08)

3.08 (0)

 < 0.002 (0)

2.33 (0)

S

0.010

563 (2.90)

900 (48.8)

2.92 (2.01)

843 (0.17)

Si

0.002

1.35 (0.55)

2.86 (0.15)

2.71 (0.25)

8.38 (0.14)

Sn

0.015

0.25 (0.08)

0.33 (0.08)

 < 0.015 (0)

0.67 (0.08)

Sr

0.001

11.8 (0.46)

90.1 (0.72)

 < 0.001 (0)

92.4 (0)

Na

0.043

69,600 (586)

63,100 (381.24)

74,000 (689)

63,000 (433)

  1. Note especially the high concentrations of sulfur, sodium and calcium and the enhanced concentration of sulfur following sediment resuspension.
  2. Standard deviation is in brackets.
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