Habitability of Noachian Hydrothermal Systems as Constrained by Alteration of a Mafic Dike

OF A MAFIC DIKE. Justin Filiberto1, Lacey J. Costello2, Jake R. Crandall3, Sally L. Potter-McIntyre2, Susanne P. Schwenzer4, Daniel R. Hummer2, Karen Olsson-Francis4, Scott Perl5, Michael A. Miller6, and Nicholas Castle1,7. 1Lunar and Planetary Institute, USRA, 3600 Bay Area Blvd., Houston, TX 77058, USA. jfiliberto@lpi.usra.edu, 2Southern Illinois University, Department of Geology, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA, 3Eastern Illinois University, Department of Geology & Geography, 600 Lincoln Ave., Charleston, IL 61920, USA, 4AstrobiologyOU. EEES, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK, 5Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA. 6Materials Engineering Department, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238-5166, USA. 7Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona, USA.