Merging Perspectives on Secondary Minerals on Mars: A Review of Ancient Water-Rock Interactions in Gale Crater Inferred from Orbital and In-Situ Observations

Merging Perspectives on Secondary Minerals on Mars: A Review of Ancient Water-Rock Interactions in Gale Crater Inferred from Orbital and In-Situ Observations

Phyllosilicates, sulfates, and Fe oxides are the most prevalent secondary minerals detected on Mars from orbit and the surface, including in the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover’s field site at Gale crater. These records of aqueous activity have been investigated in detail in Gale crater, whe...

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Main Authors: Rachel Y. Sheppard, Michael T. Thorpe, Abigail A. Fraeman, Valerie K. Fox, Ralph E. Milliken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Minerals
Subjects:
Mars
secondary mineralogy
Gale crater
phyllosilicates
sulfates
diagenesis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/9/986

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