Mossbauer mineralogy of rock, soil, and dust at Meridiani Planum, Mars: Opportunity's journey across sulfate-rich outcrop, basaltic sand and dust, and hematite lag deposits
R. V. Morris,Göstar Klingelhöfer,Christian Schröder,Daniel Rodionov,Albert S. Yen,Douglas W. Ming,P. A. de Souza,Thomas J. Wdowiak,Iris Fleischer,Ralf Gellert,B. Bernhardt,Uwe Bonnes,Barbara A. Cohen,E. N. Evlanov,J. Foh,J. Foh,Philipp Gütlich,E. Kankeleit,Timothy J. McCoy,David W. Mittlefehldt,Franz Renz,M. E. Schmidt,B. Zubkov,Steven W. Squyres,Raymond E. Arvidson +24 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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Surface processes recorded by rocks and soils on Meridiani Planum, Mars: Microscopic Imager observations during Opportunity's first three extended missions
Kenneth E. Herkenhoff,John P. Grotzinger,Andrew H. Knoll,Scott M. McLennan,Catherine M. Weitz,A. Yingst,Robert S. Anderson,Brent A. Archinal,Raymond E. Arvidson,Janet M. Barrett,Kris J. Becker,James F. Bell,Charles Budney,Mary G. Chapman,D. Cook,Bethany L. Ehlmann,Brenda J. Franklin,Lisa R. Gaddis,Donna M. Galuszka,Patricia A. Garcia,Paul E. Geissler,Trent M. Hare,Elpitha Howington-Kraus,Jeffrey R. Johnson,Laszlo P. Keszthelyi,Randolph L. Kirk,Peter Lanagan,E. Lee,Craig E. Leff,Justin N. Maki,Kevin F. Mullins,Timothy J. Parker,Bonnie L. Redding,Mark R. Rosiek,M. Sims,Laurence A. Soderblom,N. Spanovich,Richard Springer,Steven W. Squyres,Daniel A. Stolper,Robert M. Sucharski,T. Sucharski,Robert Sullivan,J. Torson +43 more
TL;DR: The Microscopic Imager (MI) on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has returned images of Mars with higher resolution than any previous camera system, allowing detailed petrographic and sedimentological studies of the rocks and soils at the Meridiani Planum landing site as discussed by the authors.
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Ordered ferrimagnetic form of ferrihydrite reveals links among structure, composition, and magnetism
F. Marc Michel,Vidal Barrón,José Torrent,María del Puerto Morales,Carlos J. Serna,Jean-François Boily,Qingsong Liu,Andrea Ambrosini,A. Cristina Cismasu,Gordon E. Brown +9 more
TL;DR: Analysis of the atomic pair distribution function and complementary physicochemical and magnetic data indicate formation of an intermediate ferrihydrite phase of larger particle size with few defects, more structural relaxation and electron spin ordering, and pronounced ferrimagnetism relative to its disordered ferriHydrite precursor.
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Curiosity at Gale Crater, Mars: Characterization and Analysis of the Rocknest Sand Shadow
David F. Blake,Richard V. Morris,Gary Kocurek,Shaunna M. Morrison,Robert T. Downs,David L. Bish,Douglas W. Ming,Kenneth S. Edgett,David M. Rubin,Walter Goetz,Morten Madsen,Ryan C. Sullivan,Ralf Gellert,Iain Campbell,Allan H. Treiman,Scott M. McLennan,Albert S. Yen,John P. Grotzinger,David T. Vaniman,Steve J. Chipera,C. N. Achilles,Elizabeth B. Rampe,Dawn Y. Sumner,P. Y. Meslin,Sylvestre Maurice,Olivier Forni,Olivier Gasnault,Martin R. Fisk,M. E. Schmidt,Paul R. Mahaffy,Laurie A. Leshin,Daniel P. Glavin,Andrew Steele,Caroline Freissinet,Rafael Navarro-González,R. A. Yingst,Linda C. Kah,Nathan T. Bridges,Kevin W. Lewis,Thomas F. Bristow,Jack D. Farmer,Joy A. Crisp,Edward M. Stolper,David J. Des Marais,Philippe Sarrazin +44 more
TL;DR: The Rocknest aeolian deposit is similar to aeOLian features analyzed by the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity and implies locally sourced, globally similar basaltic materials or globally and regionally sourced basALTic components deposited locally at all three locations.
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Soil Diversity and Hydration as Observed by ChemCam at Gale Crater, Mars
P.-Y. Meslin,P.-Y. Meslin,Olivier Gasnault,Olivier Gasnault,Olivier Forni,Olivier Forni,S. Schröder,S. Schröder,Agnes Cousin,Gilles Berger,Gilles Berger,Samuel M. Clegg,Jérémie Lasue,Jérémie Lasue,Sylvestre Maurice,Sylvestre Maurice,V. Sautter,S. Le Mouélic,Roger C. Wiens,Cécile Fabre,Walter Goetz,David L. Bish,Nicolas Mangold,Bethany L. Ehlmann,Nina Lanza,Ari-Matti Harri,Ruth A. Anderson,Elizabeth B. Rampe,Timothy H. McConnochie,P. Pinet,P. Pinet,Diana L. Blaney,Richard Leveille,D. Archer,B. L. Barraclough,S. Bender,David F. Blake,Jennifer G. Blank,Nathan T. Bridges,Benton C. Clark,Lauren DeFlores,D. M. Delapp,Gilles Dromart,M. D. Dyar,Martin R. Fisk,B. Gondet,John P. Grotzinger,K. E. Herkenhoff,Jeffrey R. Johnson,J.-L. Lacour,Yves Langevin,Laurie A. Leshin,Eric Lewin,Morten Madsen,Noureddine Melikechi,A. Mezzacappa,Michael A. Mischna,John E. Moores,H. E. Newsom,Ann Ollila,R. Perez,Nilton O. Renno,Jean-Baptiste Sirven,R. L. Tokar,M. de la Torre,L.C. d'Uston,L.C. d'Uston,David T. Vaniman,A. Yingst +68 more
TL;DR: The ChemCam instrument, which provides insight into martian soil chemistry at the submillimeter scale, identified two principal soil types along the Curiosity rover traverse: a fine-grained mafic type and a locally derived, coarse- grained felsic type.
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