Author(s): Charity Phillips-Lander, Southwest Research Institute (First Author, Presenting Author) Claire Marshall, University of Kansas Tuan Vu, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Nadia Gonzales, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Ellen Czaplinski, Honeybee Robotics Michael Malaska, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Sarah Lamm, University of Kansas
Both salts and organics modify the freezing processes of Ocean World ice shells. Organics and the solution pH may influence the habitability of the ice, particularly near the base of the ice shell and influence the types of minerals that form during the freezing process. However, the activity of water remains the dominant control on the distribution of organics in the ice. This may lead to different distributions of habitability for different Ocean World chemistries.
