Brine-driven destruction of clay minerals in Gale crater, Mars

Brine-driven destruction of clay minerals in Gale crater, Mars

Mars' sedimentary rock record preserves information on geological (and potential astrobiological) processes that occurred on the planet billions of years ago. The Curiosity rover is exploring the lower reaches of Mount Sharp, in Gale crater on Mars. A traverse from Vera Rubin ridge to Glen Torr...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2021-07, Vol.373 (6551), p.198-204
Hauptverfasser: Bristow, T. F., Grotzinger, J. P., Rampe, E. B., Cuadros, J., Chipera, S. J., Downs, G. W., Fedo, C. M., Frydenvang, J., McAdam, A. C., Morris, R., Achilles, C. N., Blake, D. F., Castle, N., Craig, P., Des Marais, D. J., Downs, R. T., Hazen, R. M., Ming, D. W., Morrison, S. M., Thorpe, M. T., Treiman, A. H., Tu, Vaniman, D. T., Yen, A. S., Gellert, R., Mahaffy, P. R., Wiens, R. C., Bryk, A. B., Bennett, K. A., Fox, V. K., Millken, R. E., Fraeman, A. A., Vasavada, A. R.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Astrobiology
Brines
Clay
Clay minerals
Curiosity (Mars rover)
Destabilization
Geological processes
Magnesium sulfate
Mars
Mars craters
Mars rovers
Mars surface
Mineralogy
Minerals
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Personality Traits
Science & Technology
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Sedimentary rocks
Silica
Silicon dioxide
Strata
Sulfates
Water
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Zusammenfassung:Mars' sedimentary rock record preserves information on geological (and potential astrobiological) processes that occurred on the planet billions of years ago. The Curiosity rover is exploring the lower reaches of Mount Sharp, in Gale crater on Mars. A traverse from Vera Rubin ridge to Glen Torridon has allowed Curiosity to examine a lateral transect of rock strata laid down in a martian lake similar to 3.5 billion years ago. We report spatial differences in the mineralogy of time-equivalent sedimentary rocks
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.abg5449