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A Metamorphic Origin for Europa's Ocean by Melwani Daswani, Mohit, Vance, Steven D., Mayne, Matthew J., Glein, Christopher R.

“…Europa likely contains an iron‐rich metal core. For it to have formed, temperatures within Europa reached ≳1250 K. Going up to that temperature, accreted…”
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Porosity-filling Metamorphic Brines Explain Ceres’s Low Mantle Density by Melwani Daswani, Mohit, Castillo-Rogez, Julie C.

“…Recent work has sought to constrain the composition and makeup of the dwarf planet Ceres’s mantle, which has a relatively low density, between 2400 and 2800 kg…”
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Salt Distribution from Freezing Intrusions in Ice Shells on Ocean Worlds: Application to Europa by Naseem, Mariam, Neveu, Marc, Howell, Samuel, Lesage, Elodie, Melwani Daswani, Mohit, Vance, Steven D.

“…Several icy moons and dwarf planets appear to have hosted subsurface liquid water. Liquid water intruding upwards into the icy outer shells of these worlds…”
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Tidally Induced Magmatic Pulses on the Oceanic Floor of Jupiter's Moon Europa by Běhounková, Marie, Tobie, Gabriel, Choblet, Gaël, Kervazo, Mathilde, Melwani Daswani, Mohit, Dumoulin, Caroline, Vance, Steven D.

“…The habitability of Europa's subsurface ocean is conditioned by heat released from the deep interior and by intensity of magmatic activity. Here, we…”
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Geochemistry constrains global hydrology on Early Mars by Kite, Edwin S., Melwani Daswani, Mohit

“…Ancient hydrology is recorded by sedimentary rocks on Mars. The most voluminous sedimentary rocks that formed during Mars' Hesperian period are sulfate-rich…”
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Compositions and Interior Structures of the Large Moons of Uranus and Implications for Future Spacecraft Observations by Castillo‐Rogez, Julie, Weiss, Benjamin, Beddingfield, Chloe, Biersteker, John, Cartwright, Richard, Goode, Allison, Melwani Daswani, Mohit, Neveu, Marc

“…The five large moons of Uranus are important targets for future spacecraft missions. To motivate and inform the exploration of these moons, we model their…”
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Alteration minerals, fluids, and gases on early Mars: Predictions from 1-D flow geochemical modeling of mineral assemblages in meteorite ALH 84001 by Melwani Daswani, Mohit, Schwenzer, Susanne P., Reed, Mark H., Wright, Ian P., Grady, Monica M.

“…Clay minerals, although ubiquitous on the ancient terrains of Mars, have not been observed in Martian meteorite Allan Hills (ALH) 84001, which is an…”
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Tidal Seismicity in the Moon and Implications for the Rocky Interior of Europa by Pou, Laurent, Panning, Mark P., Styczinski, Marshall J., Melwani Daswani, Mohit, Nunn, Ceri, Vance, Steven D.

“…Seismology is a powerful tool for probing the deep interiors of planetary bodies. Just as deep moonquakes triggered by Earth’s tides occur on the Moon, as…”
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Timing and Abundance of Clathrate Formation Control Ocean Evolution in Outer Solar System Bodies: Challenges of Maintaining a Thick Ocean within Pluto by Courville, Samuel W., Castillo-Rogez, Julie C., Daswani, Mohit Melwani, Gloesener, Elodie, Choukroun, Mathieu, O’Rourke, Joseph G.

“…Clathrate hydrates may represent a sizable fraction of material within the icy shells of Kuiper Belt objects and icy moons. They influence the chemical and…”
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Low-Temperature Specific Heat Capacity of Water–Ammonia Mixtures Down to the Eutectic by Chua, Bing Hong, Gloesener, Elodie, Choukroun, Mathieu, Vu, Tuan H., Melwani Daswani, Mohit, Journaux, Baptiste, Styczinski, Marshall J., Vance, Steven D.

“…Robust thermodynamic data are essential for the development of geodynamic and geochemical models of ocean worlds. The water–ammonia system is of interest in…”
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Science Drivers for the Future Exploration of Ceres: From Solar System Evolution to Ocean World Science by Castillo-Rogez, Julie, Neveu, Marc, Vinogradoff, Vassilissa, Miller, Kelly E., Sori, Michael M., Tosi, Federico, Schmidt, Britney, Scully, Jennifer E. C., Melwani Daswani, Mohit, Hughson, Kynan, McSween, Harry, De Sanctis, Cristina, Quick, Lynnae, Ermakov, Anton, Thangjam, Guneshwar, Otto, Katharina, Krohn, Katrin, Schenk, Paul, Nathues, Andreas, Raymond, Carol

“…Dawn revealed that Ceres is a compelling target whose exploration pertains to many science themes. Ceres is a large ice- and organic-rich body, potentially…”
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Bulk composition and thermal evolution constrain the formation of organics in Ceres' subsurface ocean via geochemical modeling by Diab, Jack, Daswani, Mohit Melwani, Castillo-Rogez, Julie

“…Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt and the only dwarf planet in the inner solar system. In 2015, carbon, and organic compounds, were found by the…”
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Mid-infrared reflectance spectroscopy of carbonaceous chondrites and Calcium–Aluminum-rich inclusions by Morlok, Andreas, Schiller, Benjamin, Weber, Iris, Daswani, Mohit Melwani, Stojic, Aleksandra N., Reitze, Maximilian P., Gramse, Tim, Wolters, Stephen D., Hiesinger, Harald, Grady, Monica M., Helbert, Jörn

“…We obtained mid-infrared reflectance spectra of powdered size fractions (0–25 ​μm, 25–63 ​μm, 63–125 ​μm and 125–250 ​μm) of 5 carbonaceous chondrites HaH 280…”
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Petrography, mineral chemistry, and crystallization history of olivine-phyric shergottite NWA 6234: A new melt composition by Gross, Juliane, Filiberto, Justin, Herd, Christopher D. K., Daswani, Mohit Melwani, Schwenzer, Susanne P., Treiman, Allan H.

“…Knowledge of Martian igneous and mantle compositions is crucial for understanding Mars' mantle evolution, including early differentiation, mantle convection,…”
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Exploration of Icy Ocean Worlds Using Geophysical Approaches by Marusiak, Angela G, Vance, Steven, Panning, Mark P, Běhounková, Marie, Byrne, Paul K, Choblet, Gaël, Daswani, Mohit Melwani, Hughson, Kynan, Journaux, Baptiste, Lobo, Ana H, Schmidt, Britney E, Pleiner Sládková, Kateřina, Soderlund, Krista M, Song, WenZhan, Souček, Ondřej, Steinbrügge, Gregor, Thompson, Andrew F., Wang, Sili

“…Geophysics-focused missions and improved geophysical data sets are critical for the future exploration of icy ocean worlds. Of particular interest is the…”
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Aqueous Alteration on Early Mars: New Insights From the Aqueous Geochemistry and Secondary Mineralogy Of Meteorite ALH 84001 by Daswani, Mohit Melwani

“…In the wake of the discovery of clay minerals in Gale crater (an ancient martian crater) by NASA's Curiosity rover, and numerous remote and in situdetections…”
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DEWPython: A Python Implementation of the Deep Earth Water Model and Application to Ocean Worlds by Chan, Andrew, Daswani, Mohit Melwani, Vance, Steven

“…There are two main methods of calculating the thermodynamic properties of water and solutes: mass action (including the Helgeson-Kirkham-Flowers (HKF)…”
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Geochemistry constrains global hydrology on Early Mars by Kite, Edwin S, Daswani, Mohit Melwani

“…Ancient hydrology is recorded by sedimentary rocks on Mars. The most voluminous sedimentary rocks that formed during Mars' Hesperian period are sulfate-rich…”
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Paleohydrology on Mars constrained by mass balance and mineralogy of pre-Amazonian sodium chloride lakes by Daswani, Mohit Melwani, Kite, Edwin S

“…Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 122 (2017) Chloride-bearing deposits on Mars record high-elevation lakes during the waning stages of Mars' wet era…”
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White Paper Towards a Fuller Understanding of Icy Satellite Seafloors, Interiors, and Habitability by Byrne, Paul K, Dombard, Andrew J, Elder, Catherine M, Hauck,II, Steven A, Daswani, Mohit Melwani, Regensburger, Paul V, Vance, Steven D

“…Icy satellites represent compelling astrobiological targets, but their rocky interiors must be better characterized. Fundamental research programs and thematic…”
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