[HTML][HTML] Alternating wet and dry depositional environments recorded in the stratigraphy of Mount Sharp at Gale crater, Mars

W Rapin, G Dromart, D Rubin, L Le Deit… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Curiosity rover is exploring Hesperian-aged stratigraphy in Gale crater, Mars, where a
transition from clay-bearing units to a layered sulfate-bearing unit has been interpreted to …

Sand grain sizes and shapes in eolian bedforms at Gale Crater, Mars

CM Weitz, RJ Sullivan, MGA Lapotre… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We measured sand sizes and shapes on diverse eolian bedforms in Gale crater to help
constrain models of eolian sediment transport on Mars. All grains are subangular to rounded …

Elemental composition and chemical evolution of geologic materials in Gale Crater, Mars: APXS results from Bradbury landing to the Vera Rubin ridge

JA Berger, R Gellert, NI Boyd, PL King… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Alpha Particle X‐ray Spectrometer (APXS) on the rover Curiosity has analyzed
the composition of geologic materials along a> 20‐km traverse in Gale crater on Mars. The …

Mars: new insights and unresolved questions

HG Changela, E Chatzitheodoridis… - International Journal of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Mars exploration motivates the search for extraterrestrial life, the development of space
technologies, and the design of human missions and habitations. Here, we seek new …

The chemostratigraphy of the Murray formation and role of diagenesis at Vera Rubin ridge in Gale crater, Mars, as observed by the ChemCam instrument

J Frydenvang, N Mangold, RC Wiens… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Geochemical results are presented from Curiosity's exploration of Vera Rubin ridge (VRR),
in addition to the full chemostratigraphy of the predominantly lacustrine mudstone Murray …

Sedimentary processes of the Bagnold Dunes: Implications for the eolian rock record of Mars

RC Ewing, MGA Lapotre, KW Lewis… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity visited two active wind‐blown sand
dunes within Gale crater, Mars, which provided the first ground‐based opportunity to …

Methane on Mars and habitability: challenges and responses

YL Yung, P Chen, K Nealson, S Atreya, P Beckett… - Astrobiology, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Recent measurements of methane (CH4) by the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) now
confront us with robust data that demand interpretation. Thus far, the MSL data have …

Radiometric calibration targets for the Mastcam-Z camera on the Mars 2020 rover mission

KM Kinch, MB Madsen, JF Bell, JN Maki, ZJ Bailey… - Space science …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Mastcam-Z Camera is a stereoscopic, multispectral camera with zoom
capability on NASA's Mars-2020 Perseverance rover. The Mastcam-Z relies on a set of two …

3D digital outcrop model reconstruction of the Kimberley outcrop (Gale crater, Mars) and its integration into Virtual Reality for simulated geological analysis

G Caravaca, S Le Mouélic, N Mangold… - Planetary and Space …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry has recently become a cheap and efficient
method to reconstruct accurate and highly-resolved 3D Digital Outcrop Model (DOM) from a …

On the diversity and formation modes of martian minerals

RM Hazen, RT Downs, SM Morrison… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A systematic survey of 161 known and postulated minerals originating on Mars points to 20
different mineral‐forming processes (paragenetic modes), which are a subset of formation …