Overview of the morphology and chemistry of diagenetic features in the clay‐rich Glen Torridon unit of Gale crater, Mars

PJ Gasda, J Comellas, A Essunfeld… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The clay‐rich Glen Torridon region of Gale crater, Mars, was explored between sols
2300 and 3007. Here, we analyzed the diagenetic features observed by Curiosity, including …

Chemistry of diagenetic features analyzed by ChemCam at Pahrump Hills, Gale crater, Mars

M Nachon, N Mangold, O Forni, LC Kah, A Cousin… - Icarus, 2017 - Elsevier
The Curiosity rover's campaign at Pahrump Hills provides the first analyses of lower Mount
Sharp strata. Here we report ChemCam elemental composition of a diverse assemblage of …

Diagenetic silica enrichment and late‐stage groundwater activity in Gale crater, Mars

J Frydenvang, PJ Gasda, JA Hurowitz… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Diagenetic silica enrichment in fracture‐associated halos that crosscut lacustrine and
unconformably overlying aeolian sedimentary bedrock is observed on the lower north slope …

Geological diversity and microbiological potential of lakes on Mars

JR Michalski, TA Goudge, SA Crowe, J Cuadros… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Hundreds of ancient lake basins detected on Mars via orbital remote sensing represent rare
oases of hydrosphere–atmosphere–lithosphere interactions with great astrobiological …

Chemistry, mineralogy, and grain properties at Namib and High dunes, Bagnold dune field, Gale crater, Mars: A synthesis of Curiosity rover observations

BL Ehlmann, KS Edgett, B Sutter… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover performed coordinated measurements
to examine the textures and compositions of aeolian sands in the active Bagnold dune field …

Mars Science Laboratory observations of chloride salts in Gale crater, Mars

NH Thomas, BL Ehlmann, PY Meslin… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover is traversing a sequence of stratified
sedimentary rocks in Gale crater that contain varied eolian, fluviodeltaic, and lake deposits …

[HTML][HTML] Desiccation cracks provide evidence of lake drying on Mars, Sutton Island member, Murray formation, Gale Crater

N Stein, JP Grotzinger, J Schieber, N Mangold… - …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover data are used to describe the
morphology of desiccation cracks observed in ancient lacustrine strata at Gale crater, Mars …

Evidence for multiple diagenetic episodes in ancient fluvial‐lacustrine sedimentary rocks in Gale crater, Mars

CN Achilles, EB Rampe, RT Downs… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Curiosity rover's exploration of rocks and soils in Gale crater has provided diverse
geochemical and mineralogical data sets, underscoring the complex geological history of …

Clinoforms and clinothems: Fundamental elements of basin infill

C Pellegrini, S Patruno, W Helland‐Hansen, RJ Steel… - Basin …, 2020 - earthdoc.org
This special issue dealing with the recent advances on modern and ancient clinoform‐
stratified sedimentary successions arises from a European Geoscience Union (EGU) …

From machine learning to transfer learning in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy analysis of rocks for Mars exploration

C Sun, W Xu, Y Tan, Y Zhang, Z Yue, L Zou… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
With the ChemCam instrument, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has
successively contributed to Mars exploration by determining the elemental compositions of …