The past fifteen years of orbital infrared spectroscopy and in situ exploration have led to a
new understanding of the composition and history of Mars. Globally, Mars has a basaltic …

Clay minerals, recently discovered to be widespread in Mars's Noachian terrains, indicate
long-duration interaction between water and rock over 3.7 billion years ago. Analysis of how …

Noachian-aged Jezero crater is the only known location on Mars where clear orbital
detections of carbonates are found in close proximity to clear fluvio-lacustrine features …

The surface of Mars has preserved the record of early environments in which its basaltic
crust was altered by liquid water. These aqueous environments have survived in the form of …

The investigation of hyperspectral data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Compact
Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) and the Observatoire pour la …

The search for traces of life is one of the principal objectives of Mars exploration. Central to
this objective is the concept of habitability, the set of conditions that allows the appearance …

This review of material relevant to the Conference on Biosignature Preservation and
Detection in Mars Analog Environments summarizes the meeting materials and discussions …

The Noachian terrain west of the Isidis basin hosts a diverse collection of alteration minerals
in rocks comprising varied geomorphic units within a 100,000 km2 region in and near the …

Vibrational spectroscopy techniques provide a powerful approach to the study of
environmental materials and processes. These multifunctional analytical tools can be used …

Martian aqueous mineral deposits have been examined and characterized using data
acquired during Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's (MRO) primary science phase, including …