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Constraints on the origin and evolution of the layered mound in Gale Crater, Mars using Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data
Bradley J. Thomson,Nathan T. Bridges,Ralph E. Milliken,A. M. Baldridge,Simon J. Hook,James K. Crowley,Giles M. Marion,C. R. de Souza Filho,Adrian J. Brown,Catherine M. Weitz +9 more
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Gale Crater contains a 5.2 km-high central mound of layered material that is largely sedimentary in origin and has been considered as a potential landing site for both the MER (Mars Exploration Rover) and MSL (Mars Science Laboratory) missions as discussed by the authors.About:
This article is published in Icarus.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 269 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Water on Mars & CRISM.read more
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A habitable fluvio-lacustrine environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.
John P. Grotzinger,Dawn Y. Sumner,Linda C. Kah,K. M. Stack,Sanjeev Gupta,Lauren A. Edgar,David M. Rubin,Kevin W. Lewis,Juergen Schieber,Nicolas Mangold,Ralph E. Milliken,Pamela G. Conrad,David J. DesMarais,Jack D. Farmer,Kirsten L. Siebach,Fred Calef,Joel A. Hurowitz,Scott M. McLennan,Douglas W. Ming,David T. Vaniman,Joy A. Crisp,Ashwin R. Vasavada,Kenneth S. Edgett,Michael C. Malin,David F. Blake,Ralf Gellert,Paul R. Mahaffy,Roger C. Wiens,Sylvestre Maurice,John A. Grant,Sharon A. Wilson,Robert C. Anderson,Luther W. Beegle,Raymond E. Arvidson,Bernard Hallet,R. S. Sletten,Melissa S. Rice,James F. Bell,J. L. Griffes,Bethany L. Ehlmann,Ryan B. Anderson,Thomas F. Bristow,William E. Dietrich,Gilles Dromart,Jennifer L. Eigenbrode,Abigail A. Fraeman,Craig Hardgrove,K. E. Herkenhoff,Louise Jandura,Gary Kocurek,Seungwon Lee,Laurie A. Leshin,Richard Leveille,Daniel Limonadi,Justin N. Maki,Scott McCloskey,M. A. Meyer,Michelle E. Minitti,Horton E. Newsom,Dorothy Z. Oehler,Avi Okon,Marisa C. Palucis,T. J. Parker,Scott K. Rowland,Mariek E. Schmidt,S. W. Squyres,Andrew Steele,Edward M. Stolper,Roger E. Summons,Allan H. Treiman,Rebecca M. E. Williams,A. Yingst +71 more
TL;DR: The Curiosity rover discovered fine-grained sedimentary rocks, which are inferred to represent an ancient lake and preserve evidence of an environment that would have been suited to support a martian biosphere founded on chemolithoautotrophy.
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Mars Science Laboratory Mission and Science Investigation
John P. Grotzinger,Joy A. Crisp,Ashwin R. Vasavada,Robert C. Anderson,Charles J. Baker,Robert Barry,David F. Blake,Pamela G. Conrad,Kenneth S. Edgett,Bobak Ferdowski,Ralf Gellert,John B. Gilbert,Matthew P. Golombek,Javier Gómez-Elvira,Donald M. Hassler,Louise Jandura,Maxim Litvak,Paul R. Mahaffy,Justin N. Maki,M. A. Meyer,Michael C. Malin,I. G. Mitrofanov,John J. Simmonds,David T. Vaniman,Richard V. Welch,Roger C. Wiens +25 more
TL;DR: The Curiosity rover has a designed lifetime of at least one Mars year (∼23 months) and drive capability of up to 20 km as discussed by the authors, and is a scaled version of the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Spirit and Opportunity and the Mars Pathfinder Sojourner.
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Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars.
John P. Grotzinger,Sanjeev Gupta,Michael C. Malin,David M. Rubin,Juergen Schieber,Kirsten L. Siebach,Dawn Y. Sumner,K. Stack,Ashwin R. Vasavada,Raymond E. Arvidson,Fred Calef,Lauren A. Edgar,W.F. Fischer,John A. Grant,J. L. Griffes,Linda C. Kah,Michael P. Lamb,Kevin W. Lewis,Nicolas Mangold,Michelle E. Minitti,Marisa C. Palucis,Melissa S. Rice,Rebecca M. E. Williams,R. A. Yingst,David F. Blake,Diana L. Blaney,Pamela G. Conrad,Joy A. Crisp,William E. Dietrich,Gilles Dromart,Kenneth S. Edgett,Ryan C. Ewing,R. Gellert,Joel A. Hurowitz,Gary Kocurek,P.G. Mahaffy,Marie J. McBride,Scott M. McLennan,Michael A. Mischna,Douglas W. Ming,Ralph E. Milliken,H. E. Newsom,Dorothy Z. Oehler,T. J. Parker,David T. Vaniman,Roger C. Wiens,Sharon A. Wilson +46 more
TL;DR: The observations suggest that individual lakes were stable on the ancient surface of Mars for 100 to 10,000 years, a minimum duration when each lake was stable both thermally (as liquid water) and in terms of mass balance (with inputs effectively matching evaporation and loss of water to colder regions).
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Mineralogy of a Mudstone at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars
David T. Vaniman,David L. Bish,Douglas W. Ming,Thomas F. Bristow,Richard V. Morris,David F. Blake,Steve J. Chipera,Shaunna M. Morrison,Allan H. Treiman,Elizabeth B. Rampe,Melissa S. Rice,C. Achilles,John P. Grotzinger,Scott M. McLennan,J. M. Williams,James F. Bell,H. E. Newsom,Robert T. Downs,Sylvestre Maurice,Philippe Sarrazin,Albert S. Yen,J. M. Morookian,Jack D. Farmer,K. M. Stack,Ralph E. Milliken,Bethany L. Ehlmann,Dawn Y. Sumner,Gilles Berger,Joy A. Crisp,Joel A. Hurowitz,Robert S. Anderson,David J. Des Marais,Edward M. Stolper,Kenneth S. Edgett,Sunetra Gupta,N. Spanovich +35 more
TL;DR: Sedimentary rocks at Yellowknife Bay (Gale crater) on Mars include mudstone sampled by the Curiosity rover, indicating that clay mineral formation on Mars extended beyond Noachian time.
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