Leah H. Roach

TL;DR: The diversity of phyllosilicate mineralogy is expanded with the identification of kaolinite, chlorite and illite or muscovite, and a new class of hydrated silicate (hydrated silica).

TL;DR: The presence of carbonate as well as accompanying clays suggests that waters were neutral to alkaline at the time of its formation and that acidic weathering, proposed to be characteristic of Hesperian Mars, did not destroy these carbonates and thus did not dominate all aqueous environments.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to detect alteration minerals in the Noachian terrain west of the Isidis basin.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used HMM spectra to identify monohydrated and polyhydrated sulfate (PHS) outcrops of layered material on the bright mounds.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed high-resolution data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in the well-exposed Noachian crust surrounding the Isidis basin and found evidence of phyllosilicate alteration.