Abstract NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, with its Curiosity rover, has been
exploring Gale crater (5.4° S, 137.8° E) since 2012 with the goal of assessing the potential of …

The geometry of alluvial river channels both controls and adjusts to the flow of water and
sediment within them. This feedback between flow and form modulates flood risk, and the …

INTRODUCTION The primary goal of NASA's Curiosity rover mission is to explore and
quantitatively assess a local region on Mars' surface as a potential habitat for past or present …

Tridymite, a low-pressure, high-temperature (> 870° C) SiO2 polymorph, was detected in a
drill sample of laminated mudstone (Buckskin) at Marias Pass in Gale crater, Mars, by the …

The Martian surface is cold, dry, exposed to biologically harmful radiation and apparently
barren today. Nevertheless, there is clear geological evidence for warmer, wetter intervals in …

Although not the prime focus of the InSight mission, the near-surface geology and physical
properties investigations provide critical information for both placing the instruments …

Recent robotic missions to Mars have offered new insights into the extent, diversity and
habitability of the Martian sedimentary rock record. Since the Curiosity rover landed in Gale …

The Curiosity rover has documented lacustrine sediments at Gale Crater, but how liquid
water became physically stable on the early Martian surface is a matter of significant debate …

Plato envisioned Earth's building blocks as cubes, a shape rarely found in nature. The solar
system is littered, however, with distorted polyhedra—shards of rock and ice produced by …

The timing and mode of deposition for Martian regolith breccia Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034
were determined by combining petrography, shape analysis, and thermochronology. NWA …