Multiple stages of aqueous alteration along fractures in mudstone and sandstone strata in Gale Crater, Mars
Albert S. Yen,Douglas W. Ming,David T. Vaniman,R. Gellert,David F. Blake,R. V. Morris,Shaunna M. Morrison,Thomas F. Bristow,Steve J. Chipera,Kenneth S. Edgett,Allan H. Treiman,B. C. Clark,Robert T. Downs,Jack D. Farmer,John P. Grotzinger,Elizabeth B. Rampe,Mariek E. Schmidt,Brad Sutter,Lucy M. Thompson +18 more
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The Curiosity rover Curiosity in Gale crater conducted the first-ever direct chemical and mineralogical comparisons of samples that have clear parent-unaltered and daughter (altered) relationships.About:
This article is published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.The article was published on 2017-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 132 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Lithification & Diagenesis.read more
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Test record WITHOUT Related uRLs: X-ray Diffraction Results from Mars Science Laboratory: Mineralogy of Rocknest at Gale Crater
TL;DR: The Curiosity rover Curiosity scooped samples of soil from the Rocknest aeolian bedform in Gale crater and analyzed the soil with the Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) x-ray diffraction (XRD) instrument revealed plagioclase, forsteritic olivine, augite, and pigeonite, with minor K-feldspar, magnetite, quartz, anhydrite, hematite and ilmenite.
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Ancient Martian aeolian processes and palaeomorphology reconstructed from the Stimson formation on the lower slope of Aeolis Mons, Gale crater, Mars
Steven G. Banham,Sanjeev Gupta,David M. Rubin,J. A. Watkins,Dawn Y. Sumner,Kenneth S. Edgett,John P. Grotzinger,Kevin W. Lewis,Lauren A. Edgar,Kathryn M. Stack-Morgan,Robert Barnes,James F. Bell,Mackenzie Day,Ryan C. Ewing,Mathieu G.A. Lapotre,Nathan Stein,Frances Rivera-Hernandez,Ashwin R. Vasavada +17 more
TL;DR: The authors reported the analysis of a distinct aeolian deposit preserved in Gale crater, Mars, and evaluated its palaeomorphology, the processes responsible for its deposition, and its implications for Gale crater geological history and regional palaeoclimate.
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Evolved gas analyses of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediment in Gale Crater, Mars: Results of the Curiosity rover's sample analysis at Mars instrument from Yellowknife Bay to the Namib Dune
Brad Sutter,Amy McAdam,Paul R. Mahaffy,D. W. Ming,Kenneth S. Edgett,E. B. Rampe,J. L. Eigenbrode,Heather B. Franz,Caroline Freissinet,John P. Grotzinger,Andrew Steele,Christopher H. House,P. D. Archer,Charles Malespin,Rafael Navarro-González,J. C. Stern,James F. Bell,Fred Calef,R. Gellert,Daniel P. Glavin,Lucy M. Thompson,Albert S. Yen +21 more
TL;DR: The Sample Analysis at Mars instrument evolved gas analyzer (SAM-EGA) has detected evolved water, H2, SO2, H 2S, NO, CO2, CO, O2 and HCl from two eolian sediments and nine sedimentary rocks from Gale Crater.
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Mineralogy and geochemistry of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediments in Gale crater, Mars: A review after six Earth years of exploration with Curiosity
Elizabeth B. Rampe,D. F. Blake,D. F. Blake,T. F. Bristow,T. F. Bristow,D. W. Ming,D. T. Vaniman,D. T. Vaniman,R. V. Morris,C. N. Achilles,C. N. Achilles,Steve J. Chipera,Steve J. Chipera,Shaunna M. Morrison,Shaunna M. Morrison,V. Tu,V. Tu,Albert S. Yen,Albert S. Yen,N. Castle,N. Castle,G. W. Downs,G. W. Downs,Robert T. Downs,Robert T. Downs,John P. Grotzinger,John P. Grotzinger,R. M. Hazen,R. M. Hazen,A. H. Treiman,A. H. Treiman,T. S. Peretyazhko,T. S. Peretyazhko,David J. Des Marais,David J. Des Marais,R. Walroth,R. Walroth,P. I. Craig,P. I. Craig,Joy A. Crisp,Joy A. Crisp,B. Lafuente,B. Lafuente,J. M. Morookian,J. M. Morookian,Philippe Sarrazin,Philippe Sarrazin,Michael T. Thorpe,John Bridges,John Bridges,Lauren A. Edgar,Lauren A. Edgar,Christopher M. Fedo,Christopher M. Fedo,C. Freissinet,R. Gellert,R. Gellert,P. R. Mahaffy,P. R. Mahaffy,Horton E. Newsom,Horton E. Newsom,Jeffrey R. Johnson,Jeffrey R. Johnson,Linda C. Kah,Linda C. Kah,Kirsten L. Siebach,Kirsten L. Siebach,Juergen Schieber,Juergen Schieber,Vivian Z. Sun,Vivian Z. Sun,Ashwin R. Vasavada,Ashwin R. Vasavada,Danika Wellington,Danika Wellington,Roger C. Wiens,Roger C. Wiens +76 more
TL;DR: The Curiosity rover was sent to Gale crater to study a sequence of ∼3.5 Ga old sedimentary rocks that, based on orbital visible and near-to short-wave infrared reflectance spectra, contain secondary minerals that suggest deposition and/or alteration in liquid water.
Evolved Gas Analyses of Sedimentary Rocks and Eolian Sediment in Gale Crater, Mars: Results of the Curiosity Rover's Sample Analysis at Mars Instrument.
Brad Sutter,Amy McAdam,Paul Mahaffy,Douglas W. Ming,Jennifer Eigenbrode,E. B. Rampe,H. B. Franz,Caroline Freissinet,Andrew Steele,Christopher H. House,D. Archer,Charles Malespin,Rafael Gonzalez,Jennifer Stern Glavin,Daniel +14 more
TL;DR: The Sample Analysis at Mars instrument evolved gas analyzer (SAM-EGA) has detected evolved water, SO2, NO, CO2, CO, O2, and HCl from two eolian sediments and nine sedimentary rocks from Gale Crater, Mars as mentioned in this paper.
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