30 results on '"Crumpler L"'
Number of results to display per page
Search Results
2. Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Shenandoah Formation, Western Fan, Jezero Crater, Mars
- Author
-
Stack, K. M., Ives, L. R. W., Gupta, S., Lamb, M. P., Tebolt, M., Caravaca, G., Grotzinger, J. P., Russell, P., Shuster, D. L., Williams, A. J., Amundsen, H., Alwmark, S., Annex, A. M., Barnes, R., Bell, J., Beyssac, O., Bosak, T., Crumpler, L. S., Dehouck, E., Gwizd, S. J., Hickman-Lewis, K., Horgan, B. H. N., Hurowitz, J., Kalucha, H., Kanine, O., Lesh, C., Maki, J., Mangold, N., Randazzo, N., Seeger, C., Williams, R. M. E., Brown, A., Cardarelli, E., Dypvik, H., Flannery, D., Frydenvang, J., Hamran, S.-E., Núñez, J. I., Paige, D., Simon, J. I., Tice, M., Tate, C., Wiens, R. C., Stack, K. M., Ives, L. R. W., Gupta, S., Lamb, M. P., Tebolt, M., Caravaca, G., Grotzinger, J. P., Russell, P., Shuster, D. L., Williams, A. J., Amundsen, H., Alwmark, S., Annex, A. M., Barnes, R., Bell, J., Beyssac, O., Bosak, T., Crumpler, L. S., Dehouck, E., Gwizd, S. J., Hickman-Lewis, K., Horgan, B. H. N., Hurowitz, J., Kalucha, H., Kanine, O., Lesh, C., Maki, J., Mangold, N., Randazzo, N., Seeger, C., Williams, R. M. E., Brown, A., Cardarelli, E., Dypvik, H., Flannery, D., Frydenvang, J., Hamran, S.-E., Núñez, J. I., Paige, D., Simon, J. I., Tice, M., Tate, C., and Wiens, R. C.
- Abstract
Sedimentary fans are key targets of exploration on Mars because they record the history of surface aqueous activity and habitability. The sedimentary fan extending from the Neretva Vallis breach of Jezero crater's western rim is one of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover's main exploration targets. Perseverance spent ∼250 sols exploring and collecting seven rock cores from the lower ∼25 m of sedimentary rock exposed within the fan's eastern scarp, a sequence informally named the “Shenandoah” formation. This study describes the sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Shenandoah formation at two areas, “Cape Nukshak” and “Hawksbill Gap,” including a characterization, interpretation, and depositional framework for the facies that comprise it. The five main facies of the Shenandoah formation include: laminated mudstone, laminated sandstone, low-angle cross stratified sandstone, thin-bedded granule sandstone, and thick-bedded granule-pebble sandstone and conglomerate. These facies are organized into three facies associations (FA): FA1, comprised of laminated and soft sediment-deformed sandstone interbedded with broad, unconfined coarser-grained granule and pebbly sandstone intervals; FA2, comprised predominantly of laterally extensive, soft-sediment deformed laminated, sulfate-bearing mudstone with lenses of low-angle cross-stratified and scoured sandstone; and FA3, comprised of dipping planar, thin-bedded sand-gravel couplets. The depositional model favored for the Shenandoah formation involves the transition from a sand-dominated distal alluvial fan setting (FA1) to a stable, widespread saline lake (FA2), followed by the progradation of a river delta system (FA3) into the lake basin. This sequence records the initiation of a relatively long-lived, habitable lacustrine and deltaic environment within Jezero crater.
- Published
- 2024
3. Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Shenandoah Formation, Western Fan, Jezero Crater, Mars
- Author
-
Stack, K. M., primary, Ives, L. R. W., additional, Gupta, S., additional, Lamb, M. P., additional, Tebolt, M., additional, Caravaca, G., additional, Grotzinger, J. P., additional, Russell, P., additional, Shuster, D. L., additional, Williams, A. J., additional, Amundsen, H., additional, Alwmark, S., additional, Annex, A. M., additional, Barnes, R., additional, Bell, J., additional, Beyssac, O., additional, Bosak, T., additional, Crumpler, L. S., additional, Dehouck, E., additional, Gwizd, S. J., additional, Hickman‐Lewis, K., additional, Horgan, B. H. N., additional, Hurowitz, J., additional, Kalucha, H., additional, Kanine, O., additional, Lesh, C., additional, Maki, J., additional, Mangold, N., additional, Randazzo, N., additional, Seeger, C., additional, Williams, R. M. E., additional, Brown, A., additional, Cardarelli, E., additional, Dypvik, H., additional, Flannery, D., additional, Frydenvang, J., additional, Hamran, S.‐E., additional, Núñez, J. I., additional, Paige, D., additional, Simon, J. I., additional, Tice, M., additional, Tate, C., additional, and Wiens, R. C., additional
- Published
- 2024
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
4. In Situ Geologic Context Mapping Transect on the Floor of Jezero Crater From Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Observations
- Author
-
Crumpler, L. S., primary, Horgan, B. H. N., additional, Simon, J. I., additional, Stack, K. M., additional, Alwmark, S., additional, Dromart, G., additional, Wiens, R. C., additional, Udry, A., additional, Brown, A. J., additional, Russell, P., additional, Amundson, H. E. F., additional, Hamran, S.‐E., additional, Bell, J., additional, Shuster, D., additional, Calef, F. J., additional, Núñez, J., additional, Cohen, B. A., additional, Flannery, D., additional, Herd, C. D. K., additional, Hand, K. P., additional, Maki, J. N., additional, Schmidt, M., additional, Golombek, M. P., additional, and Williams, N. R., additional
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
5. Samples Collected From the Floor of Jezero Crater With the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover
- Author
-
Simon, J. I., primary, Hickman‐Lewis, K., additional, Cohen, B. A., additional, Mayhew, L. E., additional, Shuster, D. L., additional, Debaille, V., additional, Hausrath, E. M., additional, Weiss, B. P., additional, Bosak, T., additional, Zorzano, M.‐P., additional, Amundsen, H. E. F., additional, Beegle, L. W., additional, Bell, J. F., additional, Benison, K. C., additional, Berger, E. L., additional, Beyssac, O., additional, Brown, A. J., additional, Calef, F., additional, Casademont, T. M., additional, Clark, B., additional, Clavé, E., additional, Crumpler, L., additional, Czaja, A. D., additional, Fairén, A. G., additional, Farley, K. A., additional, Flannery, D. T., additional, Fornaro, T., additional, Forni, O., additional, Gómez, F., additional, Goreva, Y., additional, Gorin, A., additional, Hand, K. P., additional, Hamran, S.‐E., additional, Henneke, J., additional, Herd, C. D. K., additional, Horgan, B. H. N., additional, Johnson, J. R., additional, Joseph, J., additional, Kronyak, R. E., additional, Madariaga, J. M., additional, Maki, J. N., additional, Mandon, L., additional, McCubbin, F. M., additional, McLennan, S. M., additional, Moeller, R. C., additional, Newman, C. E., additional, Núñez, J. I., additional, Pascuzzo, A. C., additional, Pedersen, D. A., additional, Poggiali, G., additional, Pinet, P., additional, Quantin‐Nataf, C., additional, Rice, M., additional, Rice, J. W., additional, Royer, C., additional, Schmidt, M., additional, Sephton, M., additional, Sharma, S., additional, Siljeström, S., additional, Stack, K. M., additional, Steele, A., additional, Sun, V. Z., additional, Udry, A., additional, VanBommel, S., additional, Wadhwa, M., additional, Wiens, R. C., additional, Williams, A. J., additional, and Williford, K. H., additional
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
6. A Mars 2020 Perseverance SuperCam Perspective on the Igneous Nature of the Máaz Formation at Jezero Crater and Link With Séítah, Mars
- Author
-
Udry, A., Ostwald, A., Sautter, V., Cousin, A., Beyssac, O., Forni, O., Dromart, G., Benzerara, K., Nachon, M., Horgan, B., Mandon, L., Clavé, E., Dehouck, E., Gibbons, E., Alwmark, S., Ravanis, E., Wiens, R. C., Legett, C., Anderson, R., Pilleri, P., Mangold, N., Schmidt, M., Liu, Y., Núñez, J. I., Castro, K., Madariaga, J. M., Kizovski, T., Beck, P., Bernard, S., Bosak, T., Brown, A., Clegg, S., Cloutis, E., Cohen, B., Connell, S., Crumpler, L., Debaille, V., Flannery, D., Fouchet, T., Gabriel, T. S.J., Gasnault, O., Herd, C. D.K., Johnson, J., Manrique, J. A., Maurice, S., McCubbin, F. M., McLennan, S., Ollila, A., Pinet, P., Quantin-Nataf, C., Udry, A., Ostwald, A., Sautter, V., Cousin, A., Beyssac, O., Forni, O., Dromart, G., Benzerara, K., Nachon, M., Horgan, B., Mandon, L., Clavé, E., Dehouck, E., Gibbons, E., Alwmark, S., Ravanis, E., Wiens, R. C., Legett, C., Anderson, R., Pilleri, P., Mangold, N., Schmidt, M., Liu, Y., Núñez, J. I., Castro, K., Madariaga, J. M., Kizovski, T., Beck, P., Bernard, S., Bosak, T., Brown, A., Clegg, S., Cloutis, E., Cohen, B., Connell, S., Crumpler, L., Debaille, V., Flannery, D., Fouchet, T., Gabriel, T. S.J., Gasnault, O., Herd, C. D.K., Johnson, J., Manrique, J. A., Maurice, S., McCubbin, F. M., McLennan, S., Ollila, A., Pinet, P., and Quantin-Nataf, C.
- Abstract
The Máaz formation consists of the first lithologies in Jezero crater analyzed by the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. This formation, investigated from Sols (Martian days) 1 to 201 and from Sols 343 to 382, overlies the Séítah formation (previously described as an olivine-rich cumulate) and was initially suggested to represent an igneous crater floor unit based on orbital analyses. Using SuperCam data, we conducted a detailed textural, chemical, and mineralogical analyses of the Máaz formation and the Content member of the Séítah formation. We conclude that the Máaz formation and the Content member are igneous and consist of different lava flows and/or possibly pyroclastic flows with complex textures, including vesicular and non-vesicular rocks with different grain sizes. The Máaz formation rocks exhibit some of the lowest Mg# (=molar 100 × MgO/MgO + FeO) of all Martian igneous rocks analyzed so far (including meteorites and surface rocks) and show similar basaltic to basaltic-andesitic compositions. Their mineralogy is dominated by Fe-rich augite to possibly ferrosilite and plagioclase, and minor phases such as Fe-Ti oxides and Si-rich phases. They show a broad diversity of both compositions and textures when compared to Martian meteorites and other surface rocks. The different Máaz and Content lava or pyroclastic flows all originate from the same parental magma and/or the same magmatic system, but are not petrogenetically linked to the Séítah formation. The study of returned Máaz samples in Earth-based laboratories will help constrain the formation of these rocks, calibrate Martian crater counting, and overall, improve our understanding of magmatism on Mars.
- Published
- 2023
7. In Situ Geologic Context Mapping Transect on the Floor of Jezero Crater from Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Observations
- Author
-
Crumpler, L. S., Horgan, B., Simon, J., Stack, K., Alwmark, S., Gilles, D., Wiens, R., Udry, A., Brown, A., Russell, P., Amundson, H., Hamran, S‐e., Bell, J., Shuster, D., Calef, F., Núñez, J., Cohen, B., Flannery, D., Herd, C. D. K., Hand, K., Maki, J., Schmidt, M., Golombek, M., Williams, N., Crumpler, L. S., Horgan, B., Simon, J., Stack, K., Alwmark, S., Gilles, D., Wiens, R., Udry, A., Brown, A., Russell, P., Amundson, H., Hamran, S‐e., Bell, J., Shuster, D., Calef, F., Núñez, J., Cohen, B., Flannery, D., Herd, C. D. K., Hand, K., Maki, J., Schmidt, M., Golombek, M., and Williams, N.
- Abstract
In situ geologic context mapping (GXM) based on rover and helicopter observations provides documentation of a nearly continuous record of geology and exposed surface structure over a 120 m-wide corridor along the traverse of the Mars 2020 /Perseverance rover. The results record the geologic context of Mars 2020 campaign sites and sample sites including the local extent of bedrock outcrops, stratigraphy, attitude, and structure from imaging and rover-based remote sensing, and outcrop lithology based on in situ proximity science. Mapping identifies a sequence of igneous lithologies including: (1) early mafic, possibly intrusive, rocks; (2) pervasively fractured and deeply altered massive bedrock of undetermined protolith; (3) buried and exhumed lava flows with pahoehoe and aa textures; (4) several varieties of regolith; and (5) small impact craters.
- Published
- 2023
8. Diverse Lava Flow Morphologies in the Stratigraphy of the Jezero Crater Floor
- Author
-
Alwmark, S., Horgan, B., Udry, A., Bechtold, A., Fagents, S., Ravanis, E., Crumpler, L., Schmitz, N., Cloutis, E., Brown, A., Flannery, D., Gasnault, O., Grotzinger, J., Gupta, S., Kah, L., Kelemen, P., Kinch, K., Núñez, J., Alwmark, S., Horgan, B., Udry, A., Bechtold, A., Fagents, S., Ravanis, E., Crumpler, L., Schmitz, N., Cloutis, E., Brown, A., Flannery, D., Gasnault, O., Grotzinger, J., Gupta, S., Kah, L., Kelemen, P., Kinch, K., and Núñez, J.
- Abstract
We present a combined geomorphologic, multispectral, and geochemical analysis of crater floor rocks in Jezero crater based on data obtained by the Mast Camera Zoom and SuperCam instruments onboard the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. The combined data from this analysis together with the results of a comparative study with geologic sites on Earth allows us to interpret the origins of rocks exposed along the Artuby ridge, a ∼900 m long scarp of lower Máaz formation rocks. The ridge exposes rocks belonging to two morphologically distinct members, Artuby and Rochette, both of which have basaltic composition and are spectrally indistinguishable in our analysis. Artuby rocks consist of morphologically distinct units that alternate over the ridge, bulbous, hummocky, layers with varying thicknesses that in places appear to have flowed over underlying strata, and sub-planar thinner laterally continuous layers with variable friability. The Rochette member has a massive appearance with pronounced pitting and sub-horizontal partings. Our findings are most consistent with a primary igneous emplacement as lava flows, through multiple eruptions, and we propose that the thin layers result either from preferential weathering, interbedded ash/tephra layers, ʻaʻā clinker layers, or aeolian deposition. Our analyses provide essential geologic context for the Máaz formation samples that will be returned to Earth and highlight the diversity and complexity of geologic processes on Mars not visible from orbit.
- Published
- 2023
9. Samples Collected from the Floor of Jezero Crater with the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover
- Author
-
Simon, J. I., Hickman-Lewis, K., Cohen, B. A., Mayhew, L.E., Shuster, D.L., Debaille, V., Hausrath, E. M., Weiss, B.P., Bosak, T., Zorzano, M.-P., Amundsen, H. E. F., Beegle, L.W., Bell III, J.F., Benison, K. C., Berger, E. L., Beyssac, O., Brown, A.J., Calef, F., Casademont, T. M., Clark, B., Clavé, E., Crumpler, L., Czaja, A. D., Fairén, A. G., Farley, K. A., Flannery, D. T., Fornaro, T., Forni, O., Gómez, F., Goreva, Y., Gorin, A., Hand, K. P., Hamran, S.-E., Henneke, J., Herd, C. D. K., Horgan, B. H. N., Johnson, J. R., Joseph, J., Kronyak, R. E., Madariaga, J. M., Maki, J. N., Mandon, L., McCubbin, F. M., McLennan, S. M., Moeller, R. C., Newman, C. E., Núñez, J. I., Pascuzzo, A. C., Pedersen, D. A., Poggiali, G., Pinet, P., Quantin-Nataf, C., Rice, M., Rice Jr., J. W., Royer, C., Schmidt, M., Sephton, M., Sharma, S., Siljeström, S., Stack, K. M., Steele, A., Sun, V. Z., Udry, A., VanBommel, S., Wadhwa, M., Wiens, R. C., Williams, A. J., Williford, K. H., Simon, J. I., Hickman-Lewis, K., Cohen, B. A., Mayhew, L.E., Shuster, D.L., Debaille, V., Hausrath, E. M., Weiss, B.P., Bosak, T., Zorzano, M.-P., Amundsen, H. E. F., Beegle, L.W., Bell III, J.F., Benison, K. C., Berger, E. L., Beyssac, O., Brown, A.J., Calef, F., Casademont, T. M., Clark, B., Clavé, E., Crumpler, L., Czaja, A. D., Fairén, A. G., Farley, K. A., Flannery, D. T., Fornaro, T., Forni, O., Gómez, F., Goreva, Y., Gorin, A., Hand, K. P., Hamran, S.-E., Henneke, J., Herd, C. D. K., Horgan, B. H. N., Johnson, J. R., Joseph, J., Kronyak, R. E., Madariaga, J. M., Maki, J. N., Mandon, L., McCubbin, F. M., McLennan, S. M., Moeller, R. C., Newman, C. E., Núñez, J. I., Pascuzzo, A. C., Pedersen, D. A., Poggiali, G., Pinet, P., Quantin-Nataf, C., Rice, M., Rice Jr., J. W., Royer, C., Schmidt, M., Sephton, M., Sharma, S., Siljeström, S., Stack, K. M., Steele, A., Sun, V. Z., Udry, A., VanBommel, S., Wadhwa, M., Wiens, R. C., Williams, A. J., and Williford, K. H.
- Abstract
The first samples collected by the Mars 2020 mission represent units exposed on the Jezero Crater floor, from the potentially oldest Séítah formation outcrops to the potentially youngest rocks of the heavily cratered Máaz formation. Surface investigations reveal landscape-to-microscopic textural, mineralogical, and geochemical evidence for igneous lithologies, some possibly emplaced as lava flows. The samples contain major rock-forming minerals such as pyroxene, olivine, and feldspar, accessory minerals including oxides and phosphates, and evidence for various degrees of aqueous activity in the form of water-soluble salt, carbonate, sulfate, iron oxide, and iron silicate minerals. Following sample return, the compositions and ages of these variably altered igneous rocks are expected to reveal the geophysical and geochemical nature of the planet’s interior at the time of emplacement, characterize martian magmatism, and place timing constraints on geologic processes, both in Jezero Crater and more widely on Mars. Petrographic observations and geochemical analyses, coupled with geochronology of secondary minerals, can also reveal the timing of aqueous activity as well as constrain the chemical and physical conditions of the environments in which these minerals precipitated, and the nature and composition of organic compounds preserved in association with these phases. Returned samples from these units will help constrain the crater chronology of Mars and the global evolution of the planet’s interior, for understanding the processes that formed Jezero Crater floor units, and for constraining the style and duration of aqueous activity in Jezero Crater, past habitability, and cycling of organic elements in Jezero Crater.
- Published
- 2023
10. Diverse Lava Flow Morphologies in the Stratigraphy of the Jezero Crater Floor
- Author
-
Alwmark, S., primary, Horgan, B., additional, Udry, A., additional, Bechtold, A., additional, Fagents, S., additional, Ravanis, E., additional, Crumpler, L., additional, Schmitz, N., additional, Cloutis, E., additional, Brown, A., additional, Flannery, D., additional, Gasnault, O., additional, Grotzinger, J., additional, Gupta, S., additional, Kah, L., additional, Kelemen, P., additional, Kinch, K., additional, and Núñez, J., additional
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
11. Aqueously altered igneous rocks sampled on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars
- Author
-
Farley, K. A., primary, Stack, K. M., additional, Shuster, D. L., additional, Horgan, B. H. N., additional, Hurowitz, J. A., additional, Tarnas, J. D., additional, Simon, J. I., additional, Sun, V. Z., additional, Scheller, E. L., additional, Moore, K. R., additional, McLennan, S. M., additional, Vasconcelos, P. M., additional, Wiens, R. C., additional, Treiman, A. H., additional, Mayhew, L. E., additional, Beyssac, O., additional, Kizovski, T. V., additional, Tosca, N. J., additional, Williford, K. H., additional, Crumpler, L. S., additional, Beegle, L. W., additional, Bell, J. F., additional, Ehlmann, B. L., additional, Liu, Y., additional, Maki, J. N., additional, Schmidt, M. E., additional, Allwood, A. C., additional, Amundsen, H. E. F., additional, Bhartia, R., additional, Bosak, T., additional, Brown, A. J., additional, Clark, B. C., additional, Cousin, A., additional, Forni, O., additional, Gabriel, T. S. J., additional, Goreva, Y., additional, Gupta, S., additional, Hamran, S.-E., additional, Herd, C. D. K., additional, Hickman-Lewis, K., additional, Johnson, J. R., additional, Kah, L. C., additional, Kelemen, P. B., additional, Kinch, K. B., additional, Mandon, L., additional, Mangold, N., additional, Quantin-Nataf, C., additional, Rice, M. S., additional, Russell, P. S., additional, Sharma, S., additional, Siljeström, S., additional, Steele, A., additional, Sullivan, R., additional, Wadhwa, M., additional, Weiss, B. P., additional, Williams, A. J., additional, Wogsland, B. V., additional, Willis, P. A., additional, Acosta-Maeda, T. A., additional, Beck, P., additional, Benzerara, K., additional, Bernard, S., additional, Burton, A. S., additional, Cardarelli, E. L., additional, Chide, B., additional, Clavé, E., additional, Cloutis, E. A., additional, Cohen, B. A., additional, Czaja, A. D., additional, Debaille, V., additional, Dehouck, E., additional, Fairén, A. G., additional, Flannery, D. T., additional, Fleron, S. Z., additional, Fouchet, T., additional, Frydenvang, J., additional, Garczynski, B. J., additional, Gibbons, E. F., additional, Hausrath, E. M., additional, Hayes, A. G., additional, Henneke, J., additional, Jørgensen, J. L., additional, Kelly, E. M., additional, Lasue, J., additional, Le Mouélic, S., additional, Madariaga, J. M., additional, Maurice, S., additional, Merusi, M., additional, Meslin, P.-Y., additional, Milkovich, S. M., additional, Million, C. C., additional, Moeller, R. C., additional, Núñez, J. I., additional, Ollila, A. M., additional, Paar, G., additional, Paige, D. A., additional, Pedersen, D. A. K., additional, Pilleri, P., additional, Pilorget, C., additional, Pinet, P. C., additional, Rice, J. W., additional, Royer, C., additional, Sautter, V., additional, Schulte, M., additional, Sephton, M. A., additional, Sharma, S. K., additional, Sholes, S. F., additional, Spanovich, N., additional, St. Clair, M., additional, Tate, C. D., additional, Uckert, K., additional, VanBommel, S. J., additional, Yanchilina, A. G., additional, and Zorzano, M.-P., additional
- Published
- 2022
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
12. Aqueously altered igneous rocks sampled on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars
- Author
-
Farley, K A, Stack, K M, Shuster, D L, Horgan, B H N, Hurowitz, J A, Tarnas, J D, Simon, J I, Sun, V Z, Scheller, E L, Moore, K R, McLennan, S M, Vasconcelos, P M, Wiens, R C, Treiman, A H, Mayhew, L E, Beyssac, O, Kizovski, T V, Tosca, N J, Williford, K H, Crumpler, L S, Beegle, L W, Bell, J F, Ehlmann, B L, Liu, Y, Maki, J N, Schmidt, M E, Allwood, A C, Amundsen, H E F, Bhartia, R, Bosak, T, Brown, A J, Clark, B C, Cousin, A, Forni, O, Gabriel, T S J, Goreva, Y, Gupta, S, Hamran, S-E, Herd, C D K, Hickman-Lewis, K, Johnson, J R, Kah, L C, Kelemen, P B, Kinch, K B, Mandon, L, Mangold, N, Quantin-Nataf, C, Rice, M S, Russell, P S, Sharma, S K, Siljeström, S, Steele, A, Sullivan, R, Wadhwa, M, Weiss, B P, Williams, A J, Wogsland, B V, Willis, P A, Acosta-Maeda, T A, Beck, P, Benzerara, K, Bernard, S, Burton, A S, Cardarelli, E L, Chide, B, Clavé, E, Cloutis, E A, Cohen, B A, Czaja, A D, Debaille, V, Dehouck, E, Fairén, A G, Flannery, D T, Fleron, S Z, Fouchet, T, Frydenvang, J, Garczynski, B J, Gibbons, E F, Hausrath, E M, Hayes, A G, Henneke, J, Jørgensen, J L, Kelly, E M, Lasue, J, Le Mouélic, S, Madariaga, J M, Maurice, S, Merusi, M, Meslin, P-Y, Milkovich, S M, Million, C C, Moeller, R C, Núñez, J I, Ollila, A M, Paar, G, Paige, D A, Pedersen, D A K, Pilleri, P, Pilorget, C, Pinet, P C, Rice, J W, Royer, C, Sautter, V, Schulte, M, Sephton, M A, Sholes, S F, Spanovich, N, St Clair, M, Tate, C D, Uckert, K, VanBommel, S J, Yanchilina, A G, Zorzano, M-P, Farley, K A, Stack, K M, Shuster, D L, Horgan, B H N, Hurowitz, J A, Tarnas, J D, Simon, J I, Sun, V Z, Scheller, E L, Moore, K R, McLennan, S M, Vasconcelos, P M, Wiens, R C, Treiman, A H, Mayhew, L E, Beyssac, O, Kizovski, T V, Tosca, N J, Williford, K H, Crumpler, L S, Beegle, L W, Bell, J F, Ehlmann, B L, Liu, Y, Maki, J N, Schmidt, M E, Allwood, A C, Amundsen, H E F, Bhartia, R, Bosak, T, Brown, A J, Clark, B C, Cousin, A, Forni, O, Gabriel, T S J, Goreva, Y, Gupta, S, Hamran, S-E, Herd, C D K, Hickman-Lewis, K, Johnson, J R, Kah, L C, Kelemen, P B, Kinch, K B, Mandon, L, Mangold, N, Quantin-Nataf, C, Rice, M S, Russell, P S, Sharma, S K, Siljeström, S, Steele, A, Sullivan, R, Wadhwa, M, Weiss, B P, Williams, A J, Wogsland, B V, Willis, P A, Acosta-Maeda, T A, Beck, P, Benzerara, K, Bernard, S, Burton, A S, Cardarelli, E L, Chide, B, Clavé, E, Cloutis, E A, Cohen, B A, Czaja, A D, Debaille, V, Dehouck, E, Fairén, A G, Flannery, D T, Fleron, S Z, Fouchet, T, Frydenvang, J, Garczynski, B J, Gibbons, E F, Hausrath, E M, Hayes, A G, Henneke, J, Jørgensen, J L, Kelly, E M, Lasue, J, Le Mouélic, S, Madariaga, J M, Maurice, S, Merusi, M, Meslin, P-Y, Milkovich, S M, Million, C C, Moeller, R C, Núñez, J I, Ollila, A M, Paar, G, Paige, D A, Pedersen, D A K, Pilleri, P, Pilorget, C, Pinet, P C, Rice, J W, Royer, C, Sautter, V, Schulte, M, Sephton, M A, Sholes, S F, Spanovich, N, St Clair, M, Tate, C D, Uckert, K, VanBommel, S J, Yanchilina, A G, and Zorzano, M-P
- Abstract
The Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater, Mars, to investigate ancient lake and river deposits. We report observations of the crater floor, below the crater’s sedimentary delta, finding the floor consists of igneous rocks altered by water. The lowest exposed unit, informally named Séítah, is a coarsely crystalline olivine-rich rock, which accumulated at the base of a magma body. Fe-Mg carbonates along grain boundaries indicate reactions with CO2-rich water, under water-poor conditions. Overlying Séítah is a unit informally named Máaz, which we interpret as lava flows or the chemical complement to Séítah in a layered igneous body. Voids in these rocks contain sulfates and perchlorates, likely introduced by later near-surface brine evaporation. Core samples of these rocks were stored aboard Perseverance for potential return to Earth.
- Published
- 2022
13. Aqueously altered igneous rocks sampled on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars
- Author
-
Farley, K. A., Stack, K. M., Shuster, D. L., Horgan, B. H. N., Hurowitz, J. A., Tarnas, J. D., Simon, J. I., Sun, V. Z., Scheller, E. L., Moore, K. R., McLennan, S. M., Vasconcelos, P. M., Wiens, R. C., Treiman, A. H., Mayhew, L. E., Beyssac, O., Kizovski, T. V., Tosca, N. J., Williford, K. H., Crumpler, L. S., Beegle, L. W., Bell, J. F., Ehlmann, B. L., Liu, Y., Maki, J. N., Schmidt, M. E., Allwood, A. C., Amundsen, H. E. F., Bhartia, R., Bosak, T., Brown, A. J., Clark, B. C., Cousin, A., Forni, O., Gabriel, T. S. J., Goreva, Y., Gupta, S., Hamran, S.-E., Herd, C. D. K., Hickman-Lewis, K., Johnson, J. R., Kah, L. C., Kelemen, P. B., Kinch, K. B., Mandon, L., Mangold, N., Quantin-Nataf, C., Rice, M. S., Russell, P. S., Sharma, S., Siljeström, S., Steele, A., Sullivan, R., Wadhwa, M., Weiss, B. P., Williams, A. J., Wogsland, B. V., Willis, P. A., Acosta-Maeda, T. A., Beck, P., Benzerara, K., Bernard, S., Burton, A. S., Cardarelli, E. L., Chide, B., Clavé, E., Cloutis, E. A., Cohen, B. A., Czaja, A. D., Debaille, V., Dehouck, E., Fairén, A. G., Flannery, D. T., Fleron, S. Z., Fouchet, T., Frydenvang, J., Garczynski, B. J., Gibbons, E. F., Hausrath, E. M., Hayes, A. G., Henneke, J., Jørgensen, J. L., Kelly, E. M., Lasue, J., Le Mouélic, S., Madariaga, J. M., Maurice, S., Merusi, M., Meslin, P.-Y., Milkovich, S. M., Million, C. C., Moeller, R. C., Nuñez, J. I., Ollila, A. M., Paar, G., Paige, D. A., Pedersen, D. A. K., Pilleri, P., Pilorget, C., Pinet, P. C., Rice, J. W., Royer, C., Sautter, V., Schulte, M., Sephton, M. A., Sharma, S. K., Sholes, S. F., Spanovich, N., Clair, M. St., Tate, C. D., Uckert, K., VanBommel, S. J., Yanchilina, A. G., Zorzano, M.-P., Farley, K. A., Stack, K. M., Shuster, D. L., Horgan, B. H. N., Hurowitz, J. A., Tarnas, J. D., Simon, J. I., Sun, V. Z., Scheller, E. L., Moore, K. R., McLennan, S. M., Vasconcelos, P. M., Wiens, R. C., Treiman, A. H., Mayhew, L. E., Beyssac, O., Kizovski, T. V., Tosca, N. J., Williford, K. H., Crumpler, L. S., Beegle, L. W., Bell, J. F., Ehlmann, B. L., Liu, Y., Maki, J. N., Schmidt, M. E., Allwood, A. C., Amundsen, H. E. F., Bhartia, R., Bosak, T., Brown, A. J., Clark, B. C., Cousin, A., Forni, O., Gabriel, T. S. J., Goreva, Y., Gupta, S., Hamran, S.-E., Herd, C. D. K., Hickman-Lewis, K., Johnson, J. R., Kah, L. C., Kelemen, P. B., Kinch, K. B., Mandon, L., Mangold, N., Quantin-Nataf, C., Rice, M. S., Russell, P. S., Sharma, S., Siljeström, S., Steele, A., Sullivan, R., Wadhwa, M., Weiss, B. P., Williams, A. J., Wogsland, B. V., Willis, P. A., Acosta-Maeda, T. A., Beck, P., Benzerara, K., Bernard, S., Burton, A. S., Cardarelli, E. L., Chide, B., Clavé, E., Cloutis, E. A., Cohen, B. A., Czaja, A. D., Debaille, V., Dehouck, E., Fairén, A. G., Flannery, D. T., Fleron, S. Z., Fouchet, T., Frydenvang, J., Garczynski, B. J., Gibbons, E. F., Hausrath, E. M., Hayes, A. G., Henneke, J., Jørgensen, J. L., Kelly, E. M., Lasue, J., Le Mouélic, S., Madariaga, J. M., Maurice, S., Merusi, M., Meslin, P.-Y., Milkovich, S. M., Million, C. C., Moeller, R. C., Nuñez, J. I., Ollila, A. M., Paar, G., Paige, D. A., Pedersen, D. A. K., Pilleri, P., Pilorget, C., Pinet, P. C., Rice, J. W., Royer, C., Sautter, V., Schulte, M., Sephton, M. A., Sharma, S. K., Sholes, S. F., Spanovich, N., Clair, M. St., Tate, C. D., Uckert, K., VanBommel, S. J., Yanchilina, A. G., and Zorzano, M.-P.
- Abstract
The Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater, Mars, to investigate ancient lake and river deposits. We report observations of the crater floor, below the crater's sedimentary delta, finding that the floor consists of igneous rocks altered by water. The lowest exposed unit, informally named Seitah, is a coarsely crystalline olivine-rich rock, which accumulated at the base of a magma body. Magnesium-iron carbonates along grain boundaries indicate reactions with carbon dioxide-rich water under water-poor conditions. Overlying Seitah is a unit informally named Maaz, which we interpret as lava flows or the chemical complement to Seitah in a layered igneous body. Voids in these rocks contain sulfates and perchlorates, likely introduced by later near-surface brine evaporation. Core samples of these rocks have been stored aboard Perseverance for potential return to Earth.
- Published
- 2022
14. Impact-Facilitated Hydrothermal Alteration in the Rim of Endeavour Crater, Mars
- Author
-
Mittlefehldt, D. W, Schroeder, C, Farrand, W. H, Crumpler, L. S, and Yen, A. S
- Subjects
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration - Abstract
Endeavour crater, a Noachian-aged, 22 km diameter impact structure on Meridiani Planum, Mars, has been investigated by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunuity for over 2000 sols (Mars days). The rocks of the western rim region (oldest to youngest) are: (i) the pre-impact Matijevic fm.; (ii) rim-forming Shoemaker fm. polymict impact breccias; (iii) Grasberg fm., fine-grained sediments draping the lower slopes; and (iv) Burns fm., sulfate-rich sandstones that onlap the Grasberg fm. The rim is segmented and transected by radial fracture zones. Evidence for fluid-mediated alteration includes m-scale detections of phyllosilicates from orbit, and cm-scale variations in rock/soil composition/mineralogy documented by the Opportunity instrument suite. The m-scale phyllosilicate detections include Fe(3+)-Mg and aluminous smectites that occur in patches in the Matijevic and Shoemaker fms. Rock compositions do not reveal substantial differences for smectite-bearing compared to smectite-free rocks. Interpretation: large-scale hydrothermal alteration powered by impact-deposited heat acting on limited water supplies engendered mineralogic transfomations under low water/rock, near-isochemical conditions. The cm-scale alterations, localized in fracture zones, occurred at higher water/rock as evidenced by enhanced Si and Al contents through leaching of more soluble elements, and deposition of Mg, Ni and Mn sulphates and halogen salts in soils. Visible/near infrared reflectance of narrow curvilinear red zones indicate higher nanophase ferric oxide contents and possibly hydration compared to surrounding outcrops. Broad fracture zones on the rim have reflectance features consistent with development of ferric oxide minerals. Interpretation: water fluxing through the fractures in a hydrothermal system resulting from the impact engendered alteration and leaching under high water/rock conditions. Late, localized alteration is documented by Ca-sulfate-rich veins that are not confined to fracture zones; some cross-cut the Grasberg fm. Interpretation: late fluid mobilization of soluble elements, likely in a later alteration event.
- Published
- 2017
15. Composition and density stratification observed by supercam in the first 300 sols in Jezero crater
- Author
-
Wiens, R.C., Udry, A., Mangold, N., Beyssac, O., Quantin, C., Sautter, V., Cousin, A., Brown, A., Bosak, T., Mandon, L., Forni, O., Johnson, J.R., Mclennan, S., Legett, C., Maurice, S., Mayhew, L., Crumpler, L., Anderson, R.B., Clegg, S.M., Ollila, A.M., Hall, J., Meslin, P.-Y., Kah, L.C., Gabriel, T.S.J., Gasda, P., Simon, J.I., Hausrath, E.M., Horgan, B., Poulet, F., Beck, P., Gupta, S., Chide, B., Clavé, E., Connell, S., Dehouck, E., Dromart, G., Fouchet, T., Royer, C., Frydenvang, J., Gasnault, Olivier, Gibbons, E., Kalucha, H., Lanza, N., Lasue, J., Mouelic, S. Le, Leveillé, R., Cloutis, E., Reyes, G. Lopez, Arana, G., Castro, K., Madariaga, J.M., Manrique, J.-A., Pilorget, C., Pinet, P., Laserna, J., Sharma, S.K., Acosta-Maeda, T., Kelly, E., Montmessin, Franck, Fischer, W., Francis, R., Stack, K., Farley, K., Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Purdue University [West Lafayette], Plancius Research LLC, Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences [UMR_C 6112] (LPG), Université d'Angers (UA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Nantes université - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (Nantes univ - UFR ST), Nantes Université - pôle Sciences et technologie, Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université - pôle Sciences et technologie, Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université (Nantes Univ), Institut de minéralogie, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie (IMPMC), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR206-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement (LGL-TPE), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics (LESIA), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD] (APL), Stony Brook University [SUNY] (SBU), State University of New York (SUNY), University of Colorado [Boulder], New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS), United States Geological Survey (USGS), The University of Tennessee [Knoxville], NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC), NASA, University of Nevada [Las Vegas] (WGU Nevada), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Imperial College London, Université de Bordeaux (UB), University of Winnipeg, Université de Lyon, Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada], California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Universidad de Valladolid [Valladolid] (UVa), University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Universidad de Málaga [Málaga] = University of Málaga [Málaga], University of Hawaii, PLANETO - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), and pinet, patrick
- Subjects
[SDU] Sciences of the Universe [physics] ,jezero crater ,[SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology ,[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] ,perseverance in situ exploration ,[SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP] ,[SDU.ASTR.EP] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP] ,supercam ,[SDU.STU.PL] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology ,mars geology ,mineralogy ,petrology - Abstract
International audience
- Published
- 2022
16. Opportunity, Geologic and Structural Context of Aqueous Alteration in Noachian Outcrops, Marathon Valley and Rim and Endeavour Crater
- Author
-
Crumpler, L. S, Arvidson, R. E, Mittlefehldt, D. W, Jolliff, B. L, Farrand, W. H, Fox, V, and Golombek, M. P
- Subjects
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration - Abstract
In its 12th year of exploration and 1600 sols since arrival at the rim of the 22 km-diameter Noachian Endeavour impact crater, Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity traversed from the summit of the western rim segment "Cape Tribulation" to "Marathon Valley", a shallow trough dissecting the rim and the site of strong orbital detection of smectites. In situ analysis of the exposures within Marathon Valley is establishing some of the geologic and geochemical controls on the aqueous alteration responsible for smectite detection known to occur in crater rims throughout Noachian terrains of Mars.
- Published
- 2016
17. The Degradational History of Endeavour Crater, Mars
- Author
-
Grant, J. A, Parker, T. J, Crumpler, L. S, Wilson, S. A, Golombek, M. P, and Mittlefehldt, D. W
- Subjects
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration - Abstract
Endeavour crater (2.28 deg S, 354.77 deg E) is a Noachian-aged 22 km-diameter impact structure of complex morphology in Meridiani Planum. The degradation state of the crater has been studied using Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Opportunity rover data. Exposed rim segments rise approximately 10 m to approximately 100 m above the level of the embaying Burns Formation and the crater is 200-500 m deep with the southern interior wall exposing over approximately 300 m relief. Both pre-impact rocks (Matijevic Formation) and Endeavour impact ejecta (Shoemaker Formation) are present at Cape York, but only the Shoemaker crops out (up to approximately 140 m) along the rim segment from Murray Ridge to Cape Tribulation. Study of pristine complex craters Bopolu and Tooting, and morphometry of other martian complex craters, enables us to approximate Endeavour's pristine form. The original rim likely averaged 410 m (+/-)200 m in elevation and a 250-275 m section of ejecta ((+/-)50-60 m) would have composed a significant fraction of the rim height. The original crater depth was likely between 1.5 km and 2.2 km. Comparison between the predicted original and current form of Endeavour suggests approximately 100-200 m rim lowering that removed most ejecta in some locales (e.g., Cape York) while thick sections remain elsewhere (e.g., Cape Tribulation). Almost complete removal of ejecta at Cape York and minimal observable offset across fractures indicates current differences in rim relief are not solely due to original rim relief. Rim segments are embayed by approximately 100-200 m thickness of plains rocks outside the crater, but thicker deposits lie inside the crater. Ventifact textures confirm ongoing eolian erosion with the overall extent difficult to estimate. Analogy with degraded Noachian-aged craters south of Endeavour, however, suggests fluvial erosion dominated rim degradation in the Noachian and was likely followed by approximately 10s of meters modification by alternate processes. Such degradation is consistent with 1) the interpretation of a pediment on the rim flanks of Endeavour, 2) the formation of features such as Marathon Valley, 3) the nearly complete removal of ejecta at Cape York, 4) preservation of a thicker section of ejecta at Cape Tribulation and perhaps, 5) the origin of some gaps in the rim around the crater. A paucity of debris shed from the rim indicates most degradation occurred prior to embayment by the plains rocks.
- Published
- 2015
18. Key Recent Scientific Results from the Opportunity Rover's Exploration of Endeavour Crater, Mars
- Author
-
Arvidson, R. E, Squyres, S. W, Gellert, R, Herkenhoff, K, Mittlefehldt, D, Crumpler, L, McLennan, S, Farrand, W. H, Joliff, B. L, and Morris, R. V
- Subjects
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance ,Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration - Abstract
The Opportunity Rover is currently in its 11th year of operations, exploring the rim of the approximately 22 km wide Noachian-age Endeavour Crater. Opportunity spent its 5th winter season in Cook Haven, a gentle swale along Murray Ridge. Two small rocks serendipitously overturned by rover wheel motions show evidence for aqueous precipitation of sulfates, and interaction with a strong oxidant (e.g., O2) to form a thin, high valence state Mn oxide coating. After the winter, Opportunity headed south to Cape Tribulation and explored Shoemaker formation impact breccias, finding numerous Ca-sulfate veins cutting across outcrops. A key target for Opportunity's measurements has been the Spirit of Saint Louis crater (SoSL), which is approximately 25 m wide, oval in plan view, shallow, flat-floored, and has a slightly raised rim. SoSL crater is surrounded by an apron of bright, polygonally-shaped outcrops and is superimposed on a gentle swale in Cape Tribulation. Rocks in a thin reddish zone on the rim are enriched in hematite, Si, and Ge, and depleted in Fe, relative to surrounding rocks. Apron rocks include an outcrop also enriched in Si and Ge, and slightly depleted in Fe. In general rocks in the crater and apron have elevated S relative to Shoemaker formation breccias, tracking values observed in the Cook Haven and the Hueytown (fracture running perpendicular to Cape Tribulation) outcrops. SoSL crater lies just to the west of Marathon Valley, a key target for exploration by Opportunity because five separate CRISM observations indicate the presence of Fe/Mg smectites on the upper valley floor. Opportunity data show that low relief, relatively bright polygonal outcrops dominate the valley floor where not covered by scree and soil shed from surrounding walls. Initial reconnaissance shows that the outcrops are breccias with compositions similar to the typical SoSL crater apron and floor rocks, although only the very upper portion of the valley has been explored as of August 2015. Pervasive but modest aqueous alteration of Endeavour's rim is implied by the combination of CRISM and Opportunity data, providing insight into early aqueous processes dominated in this location by relatively low water to rock ratios, and at least in part associated with enhanced fluid flow along fractures.
- Published
- 2015
19. Iron-Manganese Redox Reactions in Endeavour Crater Rim Apron Rocks
- Author
-
Ming, D. W, Mittlefehldt, D. W, Gellert, R, Peretyazhko, T, Clark, B. C, Morris, R. V, Yen, A. S, Arvidson, R. E, Crumpler, L. S, Farrand, W. H, Grant, J. A., III, Jolliff, B. L, Parker, T. J, and Schroder, C
- Subjects
Chemistry And Materials (General) ,Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration - Abstract
The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has been exploring Noachian age rocks and outcrops on the rim of the 22 km diameter Endeavour crater since August 2011. The Cape York area is a low-lying rim of Endeavour that contains 3 distinct lithologies: 1) the stratigraphically lowest Matijevic fm of pre-impact lithology, 2) Shoemaker fm of impact breccias, and 3) the stratigraphically highest rim lithology Grasberg fm of post-impact sediments that drape the lower slopes of the rim. The sulfate-rich sediment of the Burns fm lies unconformably over the Grasberg fm. Ca-sulfate veins were discovered in Grasberg fm sediments; the sulfates precipitated from aqueous fluids flowing upward through these materials. Opportunity investigated the chemistry and morphology of outcrops in the Matijevic fm that have Fe(sup 3+)-rich smectite detected by orbital signatures returned by CRISM on MRO. Matijevic fm also contains "boxwork" fractures with chemistry consistent with an Al-rich smectite and veins that appear to be rich in Ca-sulfate. More recently on Cape Tribulation, Opportunity has characterized two S-, Mg- and Mn-rich rich rocks overturned and fractured by the rover's wheels on Cook Haven. Those rocks have been dubbed "Pinnacle Island" and "Stuart Island" and will be referred to as the "Island" rocks. The objectives of this study are to characterize the Fe and Mn contents in the Cape York materials, including the two Island rocks, and to provide a model for Mn mobilization and precipitation. Detailed geochemistry of Endeavour rim rocks is presented in a companion paper. Geochemical trends and elemental associations were obtained from data returned by the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) on Opportunity.
- Published
- 2015
20. Opportunity In Situ Geologic Context of Aqueous Alteration Along Offsets in the Rim of Endeavour Crater
- Author
-
Crumpler, L. S, Arvidson, R. E, Farrand, W. H, Golombek, M. P, Grant, J. A, Ming, D. W, Mittlefehldt, D. W, and Parker, T. J
- Subjects
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration - Abstract
Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity traversed 7.9 km and 27 degrees of arc along the rim of the 22 km-diameter Noachian "Endeavour" impact crater since its arrival 1200 sols ago. Areas of aqueous and low-grade thermal alteration, and changes in structure, attitude, and macroscopic texture of outcrops are notable across several discontinuities between segments of the crater rim. The discontinuities and other post-impact joints and fractures coincide with sites of apparent deep fluid circulation processes responsible for thermal and chemical alteration of local outcrops.
- Published
- 2015
21. Degradation of Endeavour Crater, Mars
- Author
-
Grant, J. A, Crumpler, L. S, Parker, T. J, Golombek, M. P, Wilson, S. A, and Mittlefehldt, D. W
- Subjects
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration - Abstract
The Opportunity rover has traversed portions of two western rim segments of Endeavour, a 22 km-diameter crater in Meridiani Planum, for the past three years. The resultant data enables the evaluation of the geologic expression and degradation state of the crater. Endeavour is Noa-chian-aged, complex in morphology, and originally may have appeared broadly similar to the more pristine 20.5 km-diameter Santa Fe complex crater in Lunae Palus (19.5degN, 312.0degE). By contrast, Endeavour is considerably subdued and largely buried by younger sulfate-rich plains. Exposed rim segments dubbed Cape York (CY) and Solander Point/Murray Ridge/Pillinger Point (MR) located approximately1500 m to the south reveal breccias interpreted as remnants of the ejecta deposit, dubbed the Shoemaker Formation. At CY, the Shoemaker Formation overlies the pre-impact rocks, dubbed the Matijevic Formation.
- Published
- 2015
22. Results from the first geologic traverse on the topographic rim of a complex impact crater, Endeavour Crater, Mars.
- Author
-
Crumpler, L. S., Arvidson, R. E., Mittlefehldt, D. W., Grant, J. A., and Farrand, W. H.
- Subjects
- *
IMPACT craters , *MARS (Planet) , *MARTIAN craters , *STRATIGRAPHIC geology , *EROSION - Abstract
A geologic traverse along the rim of the 22-km-diameter Endeavour Crater by the Opportunity Mars rover has provided the first field geologic observations of outcrop-scale structure and stratigraphy at a complex impact crater, characteristics that were previously undocumented due to erosion of similar-size craters on Earth. Two findings of note are (1) the attitude of sheets, foliations, and contacts between rim impact breccias and pre-impact substrate is antiformal, the limbs dipping inward toward the center of the crater inside the crater rim and outward exterior to the crater rim; and (2) coherent blocks of crust segment the rim topographically and structurally into a series of right- and left-stepping elongate rises of variable size and orientation. These segments experienced differing magnitudes of uplift during crater formation along identified vertical scissors faults. Brecciation along the faults bounding rim segments created zones of enhanced subsurface fluid transport through the crater rim, potentially responsible for localized areas of aqueous alteration identified in outcrops near segment boundaries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2020
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
23. Context of ancient aqueous environments on Mars from in situ geologic mapping at Endeavour Crater
- Author
-
Crumpler, L. S., primary, Arvidson, R. E., additional, Bell, J., additional, Clark, B. C., additional, Cohen, B. A., additional, Farrand, W. H., additional, Gellert, R., additional, Golombek, M., additional, Grant, J. A., additional, Guinness, E., additional, Herkenhoff, K. E., additional, Johnson, J. R., additional, Jolliff, B., additional, Ming, D. W., additional, Mittlefehldt, D. W., additional, Parker, T., additional, Rice, J. W., additional, Squyres, S. W., additional, Sullivan, R., additional, and Yen, A. S., additional
- Published
- 2015
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
24. Dr. William M. Coleman III, Recipient of the 2022 Tobacco Science Research Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
- Author
-
Crumpler Linda A.
- Subjects
Science - Published
- 2022
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
25. A Mars 2020 PerseveranceSuperCam Perspective on the Igneous Nature of the Máaz Formation at Jezero Crater and Link With Séítah, Mars
- Author
-
Udry, A., Ostwald, A., Sautter, V., Cousin, A., Beyssac, O., Forni, O., Dromart, G., Benzerara, K., Nachon, M., Horgan, B., Mandon, L., Clavé, E., Dehouck, E., Gibbons, E., Alwmark, S., Ravanis, E., Wiens, R. C., Legett, C., Anderson, R., Pilleri, P., Mangold, N., Schmidt, M., Liu, Y., Núñez, J. I., Castro, K., Madariaga, J. M., Kizovski, T., Beck, P., Bernard, S., Bosak, T., Brown, A., Clegg, S., Cloutis, E., Cohen, B., Connell, S., Crumpler, L., Debaille, V., Flannery, D., Fouchet, T., Gabriel, T. S. J., Gasnault, O., Herd, C. D. K., Johnson, J., Manrique, J. A., Maurice, S., McCubbin, F. M., McLennan, S., Ollila, A., Pinet, P., Quantin‐Nataf, C., Royer, C., Sharma, S., Simon, J. I., Steele, A., Tosca, N., and Treiman, A.
- Abstract
The Máaz formation consists of the first lithologies in Jezero crater analyzed by the Mars 2020 Perseverancerover. This formation, investigated from Sols (Martian days) 1 to 201 and from Sols 343 to 382, overlies the Séítah formation (previously described as an olivine‐rich cumulate) and was initially suggested to represent an igneous crater floor unit based on orbital analyses. Using SuperCam data, we conducted a detailed textural, chemical, and mineralogical analyses of the Máaz formation and the Content member of the Séítah formation. We conclude that the Máaz formation and the Content member are igneous and consist of different lava flows and/or possibly pyroclastic flows with complex textures, including vesicular and non‐vesicular rocks with different grain sizes. The Máaz formation rocks exhibit some of the lowest Mg# (=molar 100 × MgO/MgO + FeO) of all Martian igneous rocks analyzed so far (including meteorites and surface rocks) and show similar basaltic to basaltic‐andesitic compositions. Their mineralogy is dominated by Fe‐rich augite to possibly ferrosilite and plagioclase, and minor phases such as Fe‐Ti oxides and Si‐rich phases. They show a broad diversity of both compositions and textures when compared to Martian meteorites and other surface rocks. The different Máaz and Content lava or pyroclastic flows all originate from the same parental magma and/or the same magmatic system, but are not petrogenetically linked to the Séítah formation. The study of returned Máaz samples in Earth‐based laboratories will help constrain the formation of these rocks, calibrate Martian crater counting, and overall, improve our understanding of magmatism on Mars. The Mars 2020 Perseverancerover landed on Mars in the Jezero crater on 18 February 2021. The main goals of this mission are to constrain the geology of the Jezero crater and its delta, to search for biosignatures (evidence of ancient life), to sample rocks to return to Earth, and to prepare for human exploration. Here we study the rock formation observed at the landing site, named the Máaz formation. We conclude that this rock formation is igneous (=formed from cooling and crystallization of lava or magma) consisting of iron‐rich basaltic lava flows, formed through effusive (i.e., outpouring of lava without explosions) volcanism. When compared to other Martian magmatic rocks, these rocks show a large variety of textures (shape and size of minerals) and compositions, making them different from the Martian magmatic rocks studied so far. The various lava flows of the Máaz rocks are likely all related, but not related to the underlying Séítah rock formation. Perseverancehas collected core samples from the Máaz and Séítah rocks that could be among the Martian rocks to be returned to Earth in the 2030s. Their study in Earth‐based laboratories will allow us to better understand the evolution of Martian magmatism. The Máaz formation in Jezero crater consists of basaltic to basaltic‐andesite lava flows likely originating from the same parental magmaThe Máaz formation shows various igneous textures and has a different magmatic history than the other known Martian igneous rocksThe study of samples from the Máaz formation on Earth will help constrain the Martian cratering chronology and Martian igneous evolution The Máaz formation in Jezero crater consists of basaltic to basaltic‐andesite lava flows likely originating from the same parental magma The Máaz formation shows various igneous textures and has a different magmatic history than the other known Martian igneous rocks The study of samples from the Máaz formation on Earth will help constrain the Martian cratering chronology and Martian igneous evolution
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
26. GEOLOGIC MAPPING (1:60K) OF AEOLIS MONS, GALE CRATER, MARS AND SPECTRAL INTERPRETATION OF MAP UNITS.
- Author
-
Buczkowski, D. L., Ettenborough, I. E., Seelos, K. D., Thomson, B. J., and Crumpler, L. S.
- Subjects
GALE Crater (Mars) ,GEOLOGICAL maps ,GEOLOGICAL mapping ,SCIENCE museums ,MARS (Planet) ,IMPACT craters - Published
- 2021
27. THE FIRST FIELD GEOLOGIC MAPS ON MARS: ANOTHER LEGACY FROM SPIRIT AND OPPORTUNITY.
- Author
-
Crumpler, L. S
- Subjects
GEOLOGICAL mapping ,SCIENCE museums ,MARS (Planet) ,GEOLOGICAL cross sections ,IMPACT craters - Published
- 2019
28. RIM STRUCTURE, STRATIGRAPHY, AND AQUEOUS ALTERATION EXPOSURES ALONG OPPORTUNITY ROVER'S TRAVERSE OF THE NOACHIAN ENDEAVOUR CRATER.
- Author
-
Crumpler, L. S., Arvidson, R. E., Golombek, M., Grant, J. A., Jolliff, B. L., and Mittlefehldt, D. W.
- Subjects
MARTIAN craters ,STRATIGRAPHIC geology ,STRUCTURAL geology - Published
- 2017
29. OPPORTUNITY OBSERVATIONS OF GROOVES IN ENDEAVOUR CRATER'S RIM.
- Author
-
Fraeman, A. A., Golombek, M. P., Lamb, M. P., Palucis, M. C., Dickson, J. L., Squyres, S. W., Arvidson, R. E., Crumpler, L. S., Grant, J. A., and Parker, T. J.
- Subjects
MARTIAN craters ,ASTRONOMICAL observations - Published
- 2017
30. Compositionally and density stratified igneous terrain in Jezero crater, Mars.
- Author
-
Wiens RC, Udry A, Beyssac O, Quantin-Nataf C, Mangold N, Cousin A, Mandon L, Bosak T, Forni O, McLennan SM, Sautter V, Brown A, Benzerara K, Johnson JR, Mayhew L, Maurice S, Anderson RB, Clegg SM, Crumpler L, Gabriel TSJ, Gasda P, Hall J, Horgan BHN, Kah L, Legett C 4th, Madariaga JM, Meslin PY, Ollila AM, Poulet F, Royer C, Sharma SK, Siljeström S, Simon JI, Acosta-Maeda TE, Alvarez-Llamas C, Angel SM, Arana G, Beck P, Bernard S, Bertrand T, Bousquet B, Castro K, Chide B, Clavé E, Cloutis E, Connell S, Dehouck E, Dromart G, Fischer W, Fouchet T, Francis R, Frydenvang J, Gasnault O, Gibbons E, Gupta S, Hausrath EM, Jacob X, Kalucha H, Kelly E, Knutsen E, Lanza N, Laserna J, Lasue J, Le Mouélic S, Leveille R, Lopez Reyes G, Lorenz R, Manrique JA, Martinez-Frias J, McConnochie T, Melikechi N, Mimoun D, Montmessin F, Moros J, Murdoch N, Pilleri P, Pilorget C, Pinet P, Rapin W, Rull F, Schröder S, Shuster DL, Smith RJ, Stott AE, Tarnas J, Turenne N, Veneranda M, Vogt DS, Weiss BP, Willis P, Stack KM, Williford KH, and Farley KA
- Abstract
Before Perseverance, Jezero crater's floor was variably hypothesized to have a lacustrine, lava, volcanic airfall, or aeolian origin. SuperCam observations in the first 286 Mars days on Mars revealed a volcanic and intrusive terrain with compositional and density stratification. The dominant lithology along the traverse is basaltic, with plagioclase enrichment in stratigraphically higher locations. Stratigraphically lower, layered rocks are richer in normative pyroxene. The lowest observed unit has the highest inferred density and is olivine-rich with coarse (1.5 millimeters) euhedral, relatively unweathered grains, suggesting a cumulate origin. This is the first martian cumulate and shows similarities to martian meteorites, which also express olivine disequilibrium. Alteration materials including carbonates, sulfates, perchlorates, hydrated silicates, and iron oxides are pervasive but low in abundance, suggesting relatively brief lacustrine conditions. Orbital observations link the Jezero floor lithology to the broader Nili-Syrtis region, suggesting that density-driven compositional stratification is a regional characteristic.
- Published
- 2022
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
Catalog
Books, media, physical & digital resources
Discovery Service for Jio Institute Digital Library
For full access to our library's resources, please sign in.