Oxychlorine and Chloride/Ferrian Saponite Mixtures as a Possible Source of Hydrochloric Acid Detected by the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Instrument in Gale Crater, Mars

Joanna Victoria Clark1, Brad Sutter2, Paul Archer Jr.1, Douglas W Ming3 and Paul R Mahaffy4, (1)Jacobs Technology, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, United States, (2)Amentum, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, United States, (3)NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Environments Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States