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1. Intense alteration on early Mars revealed by high-aluminum rocks at Jezero crater

Author: Royer, C., Bedford, C. C., Johnson, J. R., Horgan, B. H. N., Broz, A., Forni, O., Connell, S., Wiens, R. C., Mandon, L., Kathir, B. S., Hausrath, E. M., Udry, A., Madariaga, J. M., Dehouck, E., Anderson, R. B., Beck, P., Beyssac, O., Clavé, É., Clegg, S. M., Cloutis, E., Fouchet, T., Gabriel, T. S. J., Garczynski, B. J., Klidaras, A., Manelski, H. T., Mayhew, L., Núñez, J., Ollila, A. M., Schröder, S., Simon, J. I., Wolf, U., Stack, K. M., Cousin, A., and Maurice, S.
Published: 2024
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2. Radiation-induced alteration of apatite on the surface of Mars: first in situ observations with SuperCam Raman onboard Perseverance

Author: Clavé, E., Beyssac, O., Bernard, S., Royer, C., Lopez-Reyes, G., Schröder, S., Rammelkamp, K., Forni, O., Fau, A., Cousin, A., Manrique, J. A., Ollila, A., Madariaga, J. M., Aramendia, J., Sharma, S. K., Fornaro, T., Maurice, S., and Wiens, R. C.
Published: 2024
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3. The Mars Microphone onboard SuperCam

Author: Mimoun, D., Cadu, A., Murdoch, N., Sournac, A., Parot, Y., Bernardi, P., Chide, B., Pilleri, P., Stott, A., Gillier, M., Sridhar, V., Maurice, S., Wiens, R. C., and team, the SuperCam
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: The Mars Microphone is one of the five measurement techniques of SuperCam, an improved version of the ChemCam instrument that has been functioning aboard the Curiosity rover for several years. SuperCam is located on the Rover's Mast Unit, to take advantage of the unique pointing capabilities of the rover's head. In addition to being the first instrument to record sounds on Mars, the SuperCam Microphone can address several original scientific objectives: the study of sound associated with laser impacts on Martian rocks to better understand their mechanical properties, the improvement of our knowledge of atmospheric phenomena at the surface of Mars: atmospheric turbulence, convective vortices, dust lifting processes and wind interactions with the rover itself. The microphone will also help our understanding of the sound signature of the different movements of the rover: operations of the robotic arm and the mast, driving on the rough floor of Mars, monitoring of the pumps, etc ... The SuperCam Microphone was delivered to the SuperCam team in early 2019 and integrated at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL, Pasadena, CA) with the complete SuperCam instrument. The Mars 2020 Mission launched in July 2020 and landed on Mars on February 18th 2021. The mission operations are expected to last until at least August 2023. The microphone is operating perfectly., Comment: 40 pages
Published: 2022
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4. Iron Mobility During Diagenesis at Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater, Mars

Author: l'Haridon, J, Mangold, N, Fraeman, A, Johnson, J, Cousin, A, Rapin, W, David, G, Dehouck, E, Sun, V, Frydenvang, J, Gasnault, O, Gasda, P, Lanza, N, Forni, O, Meslin, P. -Y, Schwenzer, S, Bridges, J, Horgan, B, House, C, Maurice, S, and Wiens, R
Subjects: Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: The Curiosity rover investigated a topographic structure known as Vera Rubin ridge, associated with a hematite signature in orbital spectra. There, Curiosity encountered mudstones interpreted as lacustrine deposits, in continuity with the 300 m-thick underlying sedimentary rocks of the Murray formation at the base of Mount Sharp. While the presence of hematite ($\alpha$-Fe2O3) was confirmed insitu by both Mastcam and ChemCam spectral observations and by the CheMin instrument, neither ChemCam nor APXS observed any significant increase in FeO$_T$ (total iron oxide) abundances compared to the Murray formation. Instead, Curiosity discovered dark-toned diagenetic features displaying anomalously high FeO$_T$ abundances, commonly observed in association with light-toned Ca-sulfate veins but also as crystal pseudomorphs in the host rock. These iron-rich diagenetic features are predominantly observed in "grey" outcrops on the upper part of the ridge, which lack the telltale ferric signature of other Vera Rubin ridge outcrops. Their composition is consistent with anhydrous Fe-oxide, as the enrichment in iron is not associated with enrichment in any other elements, nor with detections of volatiles. The lack of ferric absorption features in the ChemCam reflectance spectra and the hexagonal crystalline structure associated with dark-toned crystals points toward coarse "grey" hematite. In addition, the host rock adjacent to these features appears bleached and show low-FeO$_T$ content as well as depletion in Mn, indicating mobilization of these redox-sensitive elements during diagenesis. Thus, groundwater fluid circulations could account for the remobilization of iron and recrystallization as crystalline hematite during diagenesis as well as color variations observed in the Vera Rubin ridge outcrops.
Published: 2021
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5. In situ recording of Mars soundscape

Author: Maurice, S., Chide, B., Murdoch, N., Lorenz, R. D., Mimoun, D., Wiens, R. C., Stott, A., Jacob, X., Bertrand, T., Montmessin, F., Lanza, N. L., Alvarez-Llamas, C., Angel, S. M., Aung, M., Balaram, J., Beyssac, O., Cousin, A., Delory, G., Forni, O., Fouchet, T., Gasnault, O., Grip, H., Hecht, M., Hoffman, J., Laserna, J., Lasue, J., Maki, J., McClean, J., Meslin, P.-Y., Le Mouélic, S., Munguira, A., Newman, C. E., Rodríguez Manfredi, J. A., Moros, J., Ollila, A., Pilleri, P., Schröder, S., de la Torre Juárez, M., Tzanetos, T., Stack, K. M., Farley, K., and Williford, K.
Published: 2022
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6. Determining the Elemental and Isotopic Composition of the preSolar Nebula from Genesis Data Analysis: The Case of Oxygen

Author: Laming, J. Martin, Heber, V. S., Burnett, D. S., Guan, Y., Hervig, R., Huss, G. R., Jurewicz, A. J. G., Koeman-Shields, E. C., McKeegan, K. D., Nittler, L. R., Reisenfeld, D. B., Rieck, K. D., Wang, J., Wiens, R. C., and Woolum, D. S.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: We compare element and isotopic fractionations measured in solar wind samples collected by NASA's Genesis mission with those predicted from models incorporating both the ponderomotive force in the chromosphere and conservation of the first adiabatic invariant in the low corona. Generally good agreement is found, suggesting that these factors are consistent with the process of solar wind fractionation. Based on bulk wind measurements, we also consider in more detail the isotopic and elemental abundances of O. We find mild support for an O abundance in the range 8.75 - 8.83, with a value as low as 8.69 disfavored. A stronger conclusion must await solar wind regime specific measurements from the Genesis samples., Comment: 6 pages, accepted by Astrophysical Journal Letters
Published: 2017
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7. The sound of a Martian dust devil

Author: Murdoch, N., Stott, A. E., Gillier, M., Hueso, R., Lemmon, M., Martinez, G., Apéstigue, V., Toledo, D., Lorenz, R. D., Chide, B., Munguira, A., Sánchez-Lavega, A., Vicente-Retortillo, A., Newman, C. E., Maurice, S., de la Torre Juárez, M., Bertrand, T., Banfield, D., Navarro, S., Marin, M., Torres, J., Gomez-Elvira, J., Jacob, X., Cadu, A., Sournac, A., Rodriguez-Manfredi, J. A., Wiens, R. C., and Mimoun, D.
Published: 2022
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8. Manganese-Rich Sandstones as an Indicator of Ancient Oxic Lake Water Conditions in Gale Crater, Mars

Author: Gasda, P. J., Lanza, N. L., Meslin, P. Y., Lamm, S. N., Cousin, A., Anderson, R., Forni, O., Swanner, E., L’Haridon, J., Frydenvang, J., Thomas, N., Gwizd, S., Stein, N., Fischer, W. W., Hurowitz, J., Sumner, D., Rivera-Hernández, F., Crossey, L., Ollila, A., Essunfeld, A., Newsom, H. E., Clark, B., Wiens, R. C., Gasnault, O., Clegg, S. M., Maurice, S., Delapp, D., Reyes-Newell, A., Gasda, P. J., Lanza, N. L., Meslin, P. Y., Lamm, S. N., Cousin, A., Anderson, R., Forni, O., Swanner, E., L’Haridon, J., Frydenvang, J., Thomas, N., Gwizd, S., Stein, N., Fischer, W. W., Hurowitz, J., Sumner, D., Rivera-Hernández, F., Crossey, L., Ollila, A., Essunfeld, A., Newsom, H. E., Clark, B., Wiens, R. C., Gasnault, O., Clegg, S. M., Maurice, S., Delapp, D., and Reyes-Newell, A.
Abstract: Manganese has been observed on Mars by the NASA Curiosity rover in a variety of contexts and is an important indicator of redox processes in hydrologic systems on Earth. Within the Murray formation, an ancient primarily fine-grained lacustrine sedimentary deposit in Gale crater, Mars, have observed up to 45× enrichment in manganese and up to 1.5× enrichment in iron within coarser grained bedrock targets compared to the mean Murray sediment composition. This enrichment in manganese coincides with the transition between two stratigraphic units within the Murray: Sutton Island, interpreted as a lake margin environment, and Blunts Point, interpreted as a lake environment. On Earth, lacustrine environments are common locations of manganese precipitation due to highly oxidizing conditions in the lakes. Here, we explore three mechanisms for ferromanganese oxide precipitation at this location: authigenic precipitation from lake water along a lake shore, authigenic precipitation from reduced groundwater discharging through porous sands along a lake shore, and early diagenetic precipitation from groundwater through porous sands. All three scenarios require highly oxidizing conditions and we discuss oxidants that may be responsible for the oxidation and precipitation of manganese oxides. This work has important implications for the habitability of Mars to microbes that could have used Mn redox reactions, owing to its multiple redox states, as an energy source for metabolism.
Published: 2024

9. 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

10. Radiation-induced alteration of apatite on the surface of Mars:first in situ observations with SuperCam Raman onboard Perseverance

Author: Clavé, E., Beyssac, O., Bernard, S., Royer, C., Lopez-Reyes, G., Schröder, S., Rammelkamp, K., Forni, O., Fau, A., Cousin, A., Manrique, J. A., Ollila, A., Madariaga, J. M., Aramendia, J., Sharma, S. K., Fornaro, T., Maurice, S., Wiens, R. C., Acosta-Maeda, Tayro, Agard, Christophe, Alberquilla, Fernando, Alvarez Llamas, Cesar, Anderson, Ryan, Applin, Daniel, Aramendia, Julene, Arana, Gorka, Beal, Roberta, Beck, Pierre, Bedford, Candice, Benzerara, Karim, Bernard, Sylvain, Bernardi, Pernelle, Bertrand, Tanguy, Beyssac, Olivier, Bloch, Thierry, Bonnet, Jean-Yves, Bousquet, Bruno, Boustelitane, Abderrahmane, Bouyssou Mann, Magali, Brand, Matthew, Cais, Philippe, Caravaca, Gwenael, De Pinedo, Kepa Castro Ortiz, Cazalla, Charlene, Charpentier, Antoine, Chide, Baptiste, Clavé, Elise, Clegg, Samuel, Cloutis, Ed, Coloma, Leire, Comellas, Jade, Connell, Stephanie, Cousin, Agnes, DeFlores, Lauren, Dehouck, Erwin, Delapp, Dot, Perez, Tomas Delgado, Deron, Robin, Donny, Christophe, Doressoundiram, Alain, Dromart, Gilles, Essunfeld, Ari, Fabre, Cecile, Fau, Amaury, Fischer, Woodward, Follic, Hugo, Forni, Olivier, Fouchet, Thierry, Francis, Raymond, Frydenvang, Jens, Gabriel, Travis, Gallegos, Zachary, García-Florentino, Cristina, Gasda, Patrick, Gasnault, Olivier, Gibbons, Erin, Gillier, Martin, Gomez, Laura, Gonzalez, Sofia, Grotzinger, John, Huidobro, Jennifer, Jacob, Xavier, Johnson, Jeffrey, Kalucha, Hemani, Kelly, Evan, Knutsen, Elise, Lacombe, Gaetan, Lamarque, Florentin, Lanza, Nina, Larmat, Carene, Laserna, Javier, Lasue, Jeremie, Le Deit, Laetitia, Le Mouelic, Stephane, Legett, Chip, Leveille, Richard, Lewin, Eric, Little, Cynthia, Loche, Mattéo, Lopez Reyes, Guillermo, Lorenz, Ralph, Lorigny, Eric, Madariaga, Juan Manuel, Madsen, Morten, Mandon, Lucia, Manelski, Henry, Mangold, Nicolas, Martinez, Jose Manrique, Martin, Noah, Martinez Frias, Jesus, Maurice, Sylvestre, Mcconnochie, Timothy, McLennan, Scott, Melikechi, Noureddine, Meslin, Pierre Yves, Meunier, Frederique, Mimoun, David, Montagnac, Gilles, Montmessin, Franck, Moros, Javier, Mousset, Valerie, Murdoch, Naomi, Nelson, Tony, Newell, Ray, Nicolas, Cécile, Newsom, Horton, O’Shea, Colleen, Ollila, Ann, Pantalacci, Philippe, Parmentier, Jonathan, Peret, Laurent, Perrachon, Pascal, Pilleri, Paolo, Pilorget, Cédric, Pinet, Patrick, Poblacion, Iratxe, Poulet, Francois, Quantin Nataf, Cathy, Rapin, William, Reyes, Ivan, Rigaud, Laurent, Robinson, Scott, Rochas, Ludovic, Root, Margaret, Ropert, Eloise, Rouverand, Léa, Royer, Clement, Perez, Fernando Rull, Said, David, Sans-Jofre, Pierre, Schroeder, Susanne, Seel, Fabian, Sharma, Shiv, Sheridan, Amanda, Sobron Sanchez, Pablo, Stcherbinine, Aurélien, Stott, Alex, Toplis, Michael, Turenne, Nathalie, Veneranda, Marco, Venhaus, Dawn, Wiens, Roger, Wolf, Uriah, Zastrow, Allison, Clavé, E., Beyssac, O., Bernard, S., Royer, C., Lopez-Reyes, G., Schröder, S., Rammelkamp, K., Forni, O., Fau, A., Cousin, A., Manrique, J. A., Ollila, A., Madariaga, J. M., Aramendia, J., Sharma, S. K., Fornaro, T., Maurice, S., Wiens, R. C., Acosta-Maeda, Tayro, Agard, Christophe, Alberquilla, Fernando, Alvarez Llamas, Cesar, Anderson, Ryan, Applin, Daniel, Aramendia, Julene, Arana, Gorka, Beal, Roberta, Beck, Pierre, Bedford, Candice, Benzerara, Karim, Bernard, Sylvain, Bernardi, Pernelle, Bertrand, Tanguy, Beyssac, Olivier, Bloch, Thierry, Bonnet, Jean-Yves, Bousquet, Bruno, Boustelitane, Abderrahmane, Bouyssou Mann, Magali, Brand, Matthew, Cais, Philippe, Caravaca, Gwenael, De Pinedo, Kepa Castro Ortiz, Cazalla, Charlene, Charpentier, Antoine, Chide, Baptiste, Clavé, Elise, Clegg, Samuel, Cloutis, Ed, Coloma, Leire, Comellas, Jade, Connell, Stephanie, Cousin, Agnes, DeFlores, Lauren, Dehouck, Erwin, Delapp, Dot, Perez, Tomas Delgado, Deron, Robin, Donny, Christophe, Doressoundiram, Alain, Dromart, Gilles, Essunfeld, Ari, Fabre, Cecile, Fau, Amaury, Fischer, Woodward, Follic, Hugo, Forni, Olivier, Fouchet, Thierry, Francis, Raymond, Frydenvang, Jens, Gabriel, Travis, Gallegos, Zachary, García-Florentino, Cristina, Gasda, Patrick, Gasnault, Olivier, Gibbons, Erin, Gillier, Martin, Gomez, Laura, Gonzalez, Sofia, Grotzinger, John, Huidobro, Jennifer, Jacob, Xavier, Johnson, Jeffrey, Kalucha, Hemani, Kelly, Evan, Knutsen, Elise, Lacombe, Gaetan, Lamarque, Florentin, Lanza, Nina, Larmat, Carene, Laserna, Javier, Lasue, Jeremie, Le Deit, Laetitia, Le Mouelic, Stephane, Legett, Chip, Leveille, Richard, Lewin, Eric, Little, Cynthia, Loche, Mattéo, Lopez Reyes, Guillermo, Lorenz, Ralph, Lorigny, Eric, Madariaga, Juan Manuel, Madsen, Morten, Mandon, Lucia, Manelski, Henry, Mangold, Nicolas, Martinez, Jose Manrique, Martin, Noah, Martinez Frias, Jesus, Maurice, Sylvestre, Mcconnochie, Timothy, McLennan, Scott, Melikechi, Noureddine, Meslin, Pierre Yves, Meunier, Frederique, Mimoun, David, Montagnac, Gilles, Montmessin, Franck, Moros, Javier, Mousset, Valerie, Murdoch, Naomi, Nelson, Tony, Newell, Ray, Nicolas, Cécile, Newsom, Horton, O’Shea, Colleen, Ollila, Ann, Pantalacci, Philippe, Parmentier, Jonathan, Peret, Laurent, Perrachon, Pascal, Pilleri, Paolo, Pilorget, Cédric, Pinet, Patrick, Poblacion, Iratxe, Poulet, Francois, Quantin Nataf, Cathy, Rapin, William, Reyes, Ivan, Rigaud, Laurent, Robinson, Scott, Rochas, Ludovic, Root, Margaret, Ropert, Eloise, Rouverand, Léa, Royer, Clement, Perez, Fernando Rull, Said, David, Sans-Jofre, Pierre, Schroeder, Susanne, Seel, Fabian, Sharma, Shiv, Sheridan, Amanda, Sobron Sanchez, Pablo, Stcherbinine, Aurélien, Stott, Alex, Toplis, Michael, Turenne, Nathalie, Veneranda, Marco, Venhaus, Dawn, Wiens, Roger, Wolf, Uriah, and Zastrow, Allison
Abstract: Planetary exploration relies considerably on mineral characterization to advance our understanding of the solar system, the planets and their evolution. Thus, we must understand past and present processes that can alter materials exposed on the surface, affecting space mission data. Here, we analyze the first dataset monitoring the evolution of a known mineral target in situ on the Martian surface, brought there as a SuperCam calibration target onboard the Perseverance rover. We used Raman spectroscopy to monitor the crystalline state of a synthetic apatite sample over the first 950 Martian days (sols) of the Mars2020 mission. We note significant variations in the Raman spectra acquired on this target, specifically a decrease in the relative contribution of the Raman signal to the total signal. These observations are consistent with the results of a UV-irradiation test performed in the laboratory under conditions mimicking ambient Martian conditions. We conclude that the observed evolution reflects an alteration of the material, specifically the creation of electronic defects, due to its exposure to the Martian environment and, in particular, UV irradiation. This ongoing process of alteration of the Martian surface needs to be taken into account for mineralogical space mission data analysis.
Published: 2024

11. Variations in solar wind fractionation as seen by ACE/SWICS over a solar cycle and the implications for Genesis Mission results

Author: Pilleri, P., Reisenfeld, D. B., Zurbuchen, T. H., Lepri, S. T., Shearer, P., Gilbert, J. A., von Steiger, R., and Wiens, R. C.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract: We use ACE/SWICS elemental composition data to compare the variations in solar wind fractionation as measured by SWICS during the last solar maximum (1999-2001), the solar minimum (2006-2009) and the period in which the Genesis spacecraft was collecting solar wind (late 2001 - early 2004). We differentiate our analysis in terms of solar wind regimes (i.e. originating from interstream or coronal hole flows, or coronal mass ejecta). Abundances are normalized to the low-FIP ion magnesium to uncover correlations that are not apparent when normalizing to high-FIP ions. We find that relative to magnesium, the other low-FIP elements are measurably fractionated, but the degree of fractionation does not vary significantly over the solar cycle. For the high-FIP ions, variation in fractionation over the solar cycle is significant: greatest for Ne/Mg and C/Mg, less so for O/Mg, and the least for He/Mg. When abundance ratios are examined as a function of solar wind speed, we find a strong correlation, with the remarkable observation that the degree of fractionation follows a mass-dependent trend. We discuss the implications for correcting the Genesis sample return results to photospheric abundances., Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ
Published: 2015
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12. Author Correction: In situ recording of Mars soundscape

Author: Maurice, S., Chide, B., Murdoch, N., Lorenz, R. D., Mimoun, D., Wiens, R. C., Stott, A., Jacob, X., Bertrand, T., Montmessin, F., Lanza, N. L., Alvarez-Llamas, C., Angel, S. M., Aung, M., Balaram, J., Beyssac, O., Cousin, A., Delory, G., Forni, O., Fouchet, T., Gasnault, O., Grip, H., Hecht, M., Hoffman, J., Laserna, J., Lasue, J., Maki, J., McClean, J., Meslin, P.-Y., Le Mouélic, S., Munguira, A., Newman, C. E., Rodríguez Manfredi, J. A., Moros, J., Ollila, A., Pilleri, P., Schröder, S., de la Torre Juárez, M., Tzanetos, T., Stack, K. M., Farley, K., and Williford, K.
Published: 2022
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13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. Compositional Variations in Sedimentary Deposits in Gale Crater as Observed by ChemCam Passive and Active Spectra

Author: Manelski, H. T., Sheppard, R. Y., Fraeman, A. A., Wiens, R. C., Johnson, J. R., Rampe, E. B., Frydenvang, J., Lanza, N. L., Gasnault, O., Manelski, H. T., Sheppard, R. Y., Fraeman, A. A., Wiens, R. C., Johnson, J. R., Rampe, E. B., Frydenvang, J., Lanza, N. L., and Gasnault, O.
Abstract: During the first 2934 sols of the Curiosity rover's mission 33,468 passive visible/near-infrared (NIR) reflectance spectra were taken of the surface by the mast-mounted Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on a range of target types. ChemCam spectra of bedrock targets from the Murray and Carolyn Shoemaker formations on Mt. Sharp were investigated using principal component analysis and various spectral parameters including the band depth at 535 nm and the slope between 840 and 750 nm. Four end-member spectra were identified. Passive spectra were compared to Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) data to search for correlations between spectral properties and elemental abundances. The correlation coefficient between FeOT reported by LIBS and BD535 from passive spectra was used to search for regions where iron may have been added to the bedrock through oxidation of ferrous-bearing fluids but no correlations were found. Rocks in the Blunts Point-Sutton Island transition that have unique spectral properties compared to surrounding rocks, that is flat NIR slopes and weak 535 nm absorptions, are associated with higher Mn and Mg in the LIBS spectra of bedrock. Additionally, calcium-sulfate cements, previously identified by Ca and S enrichments in the LIBS spectra of bedrock, were also shown to be associated with spectral trends seen in Blunts Point. A shift toward a steeper NIR slope is seen in the Hutton interval, indicative of changing depositional conditions or increased diagenesis.
Published: 2023

17. Evidence for Amorphous Sulfates as the Main Carrier of Soil Hydration in Gale Crater, Mars

Author: David, G., primary, Dehouck, E., additional, Meslin, P.‐Y., additional, Rapin, W., additional, Cousin, A., additional, Forni, O., additional, Gasnault, O., additional, Lasue, J., additional, Mangold, N., additional, Beck, P., additional, Maurice, S., additional, Wiens, R. C., additional, Berger, G., additional, Fabre, S., additional, Pinet, P., additional, Clark, B. C., additional, Smith, J. R., additional, and Lanza, N. L., additional
Published: 2022
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18. Developing Tailored Data Combination Strategies to Optimize the SuperCam Classification of Carbonate Phases on Mars.

Author: Veneranda, M., Manrique, J. A., Lopez‐Reyes, G., Julve‐Gonzalez, S., Rull, F., Alvarez Llamas, C., Delgado Pérez, T., Gibbons, E., Clavé, E., Cloutis, E., Huidobro, J., Castro, K., Madariaga, J. M., Randazzo, N., Brown, A., Willis, P., Maurice, S., and Wiens, R. C.
Subjects: LASER-induced breakdown spectroscopy, CARBONATE minerals, FISHER discriminant analysis, MARS (Planet), PRINCIPAL components analysis, DISCRIMINANT analysis, GEOLOGICAL modeling, NAIVE Bayes classification
Abstract: The SuperCam instrument onboard the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover investigates Martian geological targets by a combination of multiple spectroscopic techniques. As Raman, Visible‐Infrared Spectroscopy, and Laser‐Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) spectra deliver complementary information about the interrogated sample, the multivariate analysis of combined spectroscopic data sets is here proposed as a tool to optimize the SuperCam capability to discriminate mineral phases on Mars. For this purpose, the laboratory study of carbonate phases within the Ca‐Mg‐Fe ternary system were selected as representative case of study. After the characterization of model samples, the discrimination capability of mono analytical Raman, VISIR, and LIBS data sets was evaluated by applying a chemometric approach based on the combination of principal component analysis (for sample clustering) and Linear Discriminant Analysis (for mineral classification). Afterward, the low‐level combination (LL) of Raman, VISIR, and LIBS data was achieved by concatenating their spectra into a single data matrix. The mineral classification achieved by LL data sets outperformed the mono analytical ones, thus proving the complementarity between molecular and elemental spectroscopic techniques. Mineral classification was further improved by using a mid‐level data combination strategy. After evaluating benefits and limitations afforded by the proposed combination strategies, future developments are finally outlined. As such, the final objective of this research line is to develop a classification model based on data combination to optimize the capability of SuperCam in discriminating relevant minerals on Mars, this being a key requirement for the selection of the optimal targets to be cached for the future Mars Sample Return Mission. Plain Language Summary: The SuperCam instrument onboard the Perseverance rover is capable of analyzing Martian rocks and soils by a combination of Laser‐Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), Raman and Visible‐Infrared Spectroscopy (VISIR). Learning from terrestrial applications, the complementary information provided by the three spectroscopic techniques can be correlated to obtain a more accurate interpretation of the analyzed target. This approach could be particularly useful to discriminate carbonates, which are interesting minerals where to look for traces of past life. Having this in mind, several carbonate samples have been analyzed with laboratory Raman, LIBS, and VISIR instrument. After evaluating the advantages and limitations of each technique, their data were merged by using low‐level and mid‐level strategies that were successfully used previous works. This work proved that, when spectra are combined, the discrimination of carbonate phases is more accurate than when each technique is interpreted separately. This suggests the scientific results obtained by SuperCam on Mars could benefit from the development of tailored classification models based on data combination. Key Points: Data combination of Raman, Visible‐Infrared Spectroscopy, and Laser‐Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy spectra collected by SuperCam is proposedLow‐ and mid‐level data combination strategies based on principal component analysis (discrimination) + PC‐Linear Discriminant Analysis (classification are evaluated and compared)The low‐level combination method outperformed the mono analytical discrimination. The mid‐level one further improved the results [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2023
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19. Barometric Pumping Through Fractured Rock: A Mechanism for Venting Deep Methane to Mars' Atmosphere

Author: Ortiz, J. P., primary, Rajaram, H., additional, Stauffer, P. H., additional, Harp, D. R., additional, Wiens, R. C., additional, and Lewis, K. W., additional
Published: 2022
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20. Gravitational Enrichment of $^{84}$Kr/$^{36}$Ar Ratios in Polar Ice Caps: A Measure of Firn Thickness and Accumulation Temperature

Author: Craig, H. and Wiens, R. C.
Published: 1996

21. A Komatiite Succession as an Analog for the Olivine Bearing Rocks at Jezero

Author: Brown, A. J., Wiens, R. C., Maurice, S., Uckert, K., Tice, M., Flannery, David, Treiman, A. H., Deen, R. G., Siebach, K. L., Beegle, L. W., Abbey, W. J., Bell, J. F., Mayhew, L. E., Simon, J. I., Beyssac, O., Willis, P. A., Bhartia, R., Smith, R. J., Fouchet, T., Quantin-Nataf, C., Pinet, P., Mandon, Lucia, Le Mouélic, Stéphane, Udry, A., Horgan, B., Calef, F., Cloutis, E., Turenne, N., Royer, Clément, Zorzano, María-Paz, Ravanis, Eleni, Fagents, S., Fairen, Alberto, Gupta, S., Sautter, Violaine, Liu, Y., Schmidt, M., Hickman-Lewis, K., Kah, L. C., Brown, A. J., Wiens, R. C., Maurice, S., Uckert, K., Tice, M., Flannery, David, Treiman, A. H., Deen, R. G., Siebach, K. L., Beegle, L. W., Abbey, W. J., Bell, J. F., Mayhew, L. E., Simon, J. I., Beyssac, O., Willis, P. A., Bhartia, R., Smith, R. J., Fouchet, T., Quantin-Nataf, C., Pinet, P., Mandon, Lucia, Le Mouélic, Stéphane, Udry, A., Horgan, B., Calef, F., Cloutis, E., Turenne, N., Royer, Clément, Zorzano, María-Paz, Ravanis, Eleni, Fagents, S., Fairen, Alberto, Gupta, S., Sautter, Violaine, Liu, Y., Schmidt, M., Hickman-Lewis, K., and Kah, L. C.
Abstract: The Mars 2020 rover landed at Jezero crater on February 18, 2021. Since then, the rover has traveled around the “Séítah” region and has collected data from the Mastcam-Z, Supercam, PIXL and SHERLOC instruments that has led to insights into the formation of the olivine-clay-carbonate bearing rocks that were identified from orbit. Here we discuss three questions: 1) What have we learned about the olivine-clay- carbonate unit? 2) What terrestrial analogs exist for the unit? 3) Why do the rocks have a thinly layered morphology? We shall briefly mention instrumental measurements which provide important information regarding the olivine bearing rock at Seitah.
Published: 2022

22. 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

23. 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

24. Homogeneity assessment of the SuperCam calibration targets onboard rover perseverance

Author: Madariaga, J. M., Aramendia, J., Arana, G., Castro, K., Gomez-Nubla, L., de Vallejuelo, S. Fdez-Ortiz, Garcia-Florentino, C., Maguregui, M., Manrique, J. A., Lopez-Reyes, G., Moros, J., Cousin, A., Maurice, S., Ollila, A. M., Wiens, R. C., Rull, F., Laserna, J., Garcia-Baonza, V., Madsen, M. B., Forni, O., Lasue, J., Clegg, S. M., Robinson, S., Bernardi, P., Brown, A. J., Cais, P., Martinez-Frias, J., Beck, P., Bernard, S., Bernt, M. H., Beyssac, O., Cloutis, E., Drouet, C., Dromart, G., Dubois, B., Fabre, C., Gasnault, O., Gontijo, I., Johnson, J. R., Medina, J., Meslin, P. -Y., Montagnac, G., Sautter, V., Sharma, S. K., Veneranda, M., Willis, P. A., Madariaga, J. M., Aramendia, J., Arana, G., Castro, K., Gomez-Nubla, L., de Vallejuelo, S. Fdez-Ortiz, Garcia-Florentino, C., Maguregui, M., Manrique, J. A., Lopez-Reyes, G., Moros, J., Cousin, A., Maurice, S., Ollila, A. M., Wiens, R. C., Rull, F., Laserna, J., Garcia-Baonza, V., Madsen, M. B., Forni, O., Lasue, J., Clegg, S. M., Robinson, S., Bernardi, P., Brown, A. J., Cais, P., Martinez-Frias, J., Beck, P., Bernard, S., Bernt, M. H., Beyssac, O., Cloutis, E., Drouet, C., Dromart, G., Dubois, B., Fabre, C., Gasnault, O., Gontijo, I., Johnson, J. R., Medina, J., Meslin, P. -Y., Montagnac, G., Sautter, V., Sharma, S. K., Veneranda, M., and Willis, P. A.
Abstract: The SuperCam instrument, onboard the Perseverance rover (Mars 2020 mission) is designed to perform remote analysis on the Martian surface employing several spectroscopic techniques such as Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), Time-Resolved Raman (TRR), Time-Resolved Fluorescence (TRF) and Visible and Infrared (VISIR) reflectance. In addition, SuperCam also acquires high-resolution images using a color remote micro imager (RMI) as well as sounds with its microphone. SuperCam has three main subsystems, the Mast Unit (MU) where the laser for chemical analysis and collection optics are housed, the Body Unit (BU) where the different spectrometers are located inside the rover, and the SuperCam Calibration Target (SCCT) located on the rover's deck to facilitate calibration tests at similar ambient conditions as the analyzed samples. To perform adequate calibrations on Mars, the 22 mineral samples included in the complex SCCT assembly must have a very homogeneous distribution of major and minor elements. The analysis and verification of such homogeneity for the 5-6 replicates of the samples included in the SCCT has been the aim of this work. To verify the physic chemical homogeneity of the calibration targets, micro Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) imaging was first used on the whole surface of the targets, then the relative abundances of the detected elements were computed on 20 randomly distributed areas of 100 x 100 mu m. For those targets showing a positive Raman response, micro-Raman spectroscopy imaging was performed on the whole surface of the targets at a resolution of 100 x 100 mu m. The %RSD values (percent of relative standard deviation of mean values) for the major elements measured with EDXRF were compared with similar values obtained by two independent LIBS set-ups at spot sizes of 300 mu m in diameter. The statistical analysis showed which elements were homogeneously distributed in the 22 mineral targets of the SCCT, providing their unc
Published: 2022

25. A 15 N-Poor Isotopic Composition for the Solar System As Shown by Genesis Solar Wind Samples

Author: Marty, B., Chaussidon, M., Wiens, R. C., Jurewicz, A. J. G., and Burnett, D. S.
Published: 2011
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26. The Oxygen Isotopic Composition of the Sun Inferred from Captured Solar Wind

Author: McKeegan, K. D., Kallio, A. P. A., Heber, V. S., Jarzebinski, G., Mao, P. H., Coath, C. D., Kunihiro, T., Wiens, R. C., Nordholt, J. E., Moses, R. W., Reisenfeld, D. B., Jurewicz, A. J. G., and Burnett, D. S.
Published: 2011
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27. Comparison of dust between Gale and Jezero

Author: Lasue, J., Meslin, P. Y., Cousin, A., Forni, O., Anderson, R., Beck, P., Clegg, S. M., Dehouck, E., Frydenvang, J., Gasda, P., Olivier Gasnault, Hausrath, E., Le Mouélic, S., Maurice, S., Pilleri, P., William Rapin, Wiens, R. C., 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), US Geological Survey [Flagstaff], United States Geological Survey [Reston] (USGS), Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), 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), University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH), University of Nevada [Las Vegas] (WGU Nevada), 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), Lunar and Planetary Institute, and Gasnault, Olivier
Subjects: [SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology, [SDU.STU.PL] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology
Abstract: International audience
Published: 2022

28. Evidence for perchlorate and sulfate salts in jezero crater, mars, from supercam observations

Author: Meslin, P.-Y, Forni, O, Beck, P, Cousin, A, Beyssac, O, Lopez-Reyes, G, Benzerara, K, Ollila, A, Mandon, L, Wiens, R, Clegg, S, Montagnac, G, Clavé, E, Manrique, J.-A, Chide, B, Maurice, S, Gasnault, Olivier, Lasue, J, Quantin-Nataf, C, Dehouck, E, Sharma, S, Arana, G, Madariaga, J, Castro, K, Schröder, S, Mangold, N, Poulet, F, Johnson, J, Le Mouélic, S, Zorzano, M.-P, Gasnault, Olivier, 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), Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France, 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), Universidad de Valladolid [Valladolid] (UVa), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), 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), 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), Centre d'Etudes Lasers Intenses et Applications (CELIA), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Hawaii, University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt [Berlin] (DLR), 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 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), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD] (APL), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), and Lunar and Planetary Institute
Subjects: [SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology, [SDU.STU.PL] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology
Abstract: International audience
Published: 2022

29. Perseverance rover reveals an ancient delta-lake system and flood deposits at Jezero crater, Mars

Author: Mangold, N., Gupta, S., Gasnault, O., Dromart, G., Tarnas, J. D., Sholes, S. F., Horgan, B., Quantin-Nataf, C., Brown, A. J., Le Mouélic, S., Yingst, R., Bell, J. F., Beyssac, O., Bosak, T., Calef, F., III, Ehlmann, B. L., Farley, K. A., Grotzinger, J. P., Hickman-Lewis, K., Holm-Alwmark, S., Kah, L. C., Martínez-Frías, J., McLennan, S. M., Maurice, S., Nuñez, J. I., Ollila, A. M., Pilleri, P., Rice, J. W., Jr., Rice, M., Simon, J. I., Shuster, D. L., Stack, K. M., Sun, V. Z., Treiman, A. H., Weiss, B. P., Wiens, R. C., Williams, A. J., Williams, N. R., Williford, K. H., Mangold, N., Gupta, S., Gasnault, O., Dromart, G., Tarnas, J. D., Sholes, S. F., Horgan, B., Quantin-Nataf, C., Brown, A. J., Le Mouélic, S., Yingst, R., Bell, J. F., Beyssac, O., Bosak, T., Calef, F., III, Ehlmann, B. L., Farley, K. A., Grotzinger, J. P., Hickman-Lewis, K., Holm-Alwmark, S., Kah, L. C., Martínez-Frías, J., McLennan, S. M., Maurice, S., Nuñez, J. I., Ollila, A. M., Pilleri, P., Rice, J. W., Jr., Rice, M., Simon, J. I., Shuster, D. L., Stack, K. M., Sun, V. Z., Treiman, A. H., Weiss, B. P., Wiens, R. C., Williams, A. J., Williams, N. R., and Williford, K. H.
Abstract: Observations from orbital spacecraft have shown that Jezero crater, Mars, contains a prominent fan-shaped body of sedimentary rock deposited at its western margin. The Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater in February 2021. We analyze images taken by the rover in the three months after landing. The fan has outcrop faces that were invisible from orbit, which record the hydrological evolution of Jezero crater. We interpret the presence of inclined strata in these outcrops as evidence of deltas that advanced into a lake. In contrast, the uppermost fan strata are composed of boulder conglomerates, which imply deposition by episodic high-energy floods. This sedimentary succession indicates a transition, from a sustained hydrologic activity in a persistent lake environment, to highly energetic short-duration fluvial flows.
Published: 2021

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

Author: 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. V., Achilles, C. N., Blake, D. F., Castle, N., Craig, P., Marais, D. J. Des, Downs, R. T., Hazen, R. M., Ming, D. W., Morrison, S. M., Thorpe, M. T., Treiman, A. H., Tu, V., 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., 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. V., Achilles, C. N., Blake, D. F., Castle, N., Craig, P., Marais, D. J. Des, Downs, R. T., Hazen, R. M., Ming, D. W., Morrison, S. M., Thorpe, M. T., Treiman, A. H., Tu, V., 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., and Vasavada, A. R.
Abstract: 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 ~3.5 billion years ago. We report spatial differences in the mineralogy of time-equivalent sedimentary rocks <400 meters apart. These differences indicate localized infiltration of silica-poor brines, generated during deposition of overlying magnesium sulfate–bearing strata. We propose that destabilization of silicate minerals driven by silica-poor brines (rarely observed on Earth) was widespread on ancient Mars, because sulfate deposits are globally distributed.
Published: 2021

31. The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the Mars 2020 Rover:Science Objectives and Mast-Unit Description

Author: Maurice, S., Wiens, R. C., Bernardi, P., Caïs, P., Robinson, S., Nelson, T., Gasnault, O., Reess, J. M., Deleuze, M., Rull, F., Manrique, J. A., Abbaki, S., Anderson, R. B., André, Y., Angel, S. M., Arana, G., Battault, T., Beck, P., Benzerara, K., Bernard, S., Berthias, J. P., Beyssac, O., Bonafous, M., Bousquet, B., Boutillier, M., Cadu, A., Castro, K., Chapron, F., Chide, B., Clark, K., Clavé, E., Clegg, S., Cloutis, E., Collin, C., Cordoba, E. C., Cousin, A., Dameury, J. C., D’Anna, W., Daydou, Y., Debus, A., Deflores, L., Dehouck, E., Delapp, D., De Los Santos, G., Donny, C., Doressoundiram, A., Dromart, G., Dubois, B., Dufour, A., Dupieux, M., Egan, M., Ervin, J., Fabre, C., Fau, A., Fischer, W., Forni, O., Fouchet, T., Frydenvang, J., Gauffre, S., Gauthier, M., Gharakanian, V., Gilard, O., Gontijo, I., Gonzalez, R., Granena, D., Grotzinger, J., Hassen-Khodja, R., Heim, M., Hello, Y., Hervet, G., Humeau, O., Jacob, X., Jacquinod, S., Johnson, J. R., Kouach, D., Lacombe, G., Lanza, N., Lapauw, L., Laserna, J., Lasue, J., Le Deit, L., Le Mouélic, S., Le Comte, E., Lee, Q. M., Legett, C., Leveille, R., Lewin, E., Leyrat, C., Lopez-Reyes, G., Lorenz, R., Lucero, B., Madariaga, J. M., Madsen, S., Madsen, M., Mangold, N., Manni, F., Mariscal, J. F., Martinez-Frias, J., Mathieu, K., Mathon, R., McCabe, K. P., McConnochie, T., McLennan, S. M., Mekki, J., Melikechi, N., Meslin, P.-Y., Micheau, Y., Michel, Y., Michel, J. M., Mimoun, D., Misra, A., Montagnac, G., Montaron, C., Montmessin, F., Moros, J., Mousset, V., Morizet, Y., Murdoch, N., Newell, R. T., Newsom, H., Nguyen Tuong, N., Ollila, A. M., Orttner, G., Oudda, L., Pares, L., Parisot, J., Parot, Y., Pérez, R., Pheav, D., Picot, L., Pilleri, P., Pilorget, C., Pinet, P., Pont, G., Poulet, F., Quantin-Nataf, C., Quertier, B., Rambaud, D., Rapin, W., Romano, P., Roucayrol, L., Royer, C., Ruellan, M., Sandoval, B. F., Sautter, V., Schoppers, M. J., Schröder, S., Seran, H. C., Sharma, S. K., Sobron, P., Sodki, M., Sournac, A., Sridhar, V., Standarovsky, D., Storms, S., Striebig, N., Tatat, M., Toplis, M., Torre-Fdez, I., Toulemont, N., Velasco, C., Veneranda, M., Venhaus, D., Virmontois, C., Viso, M., Willis, P., Wong, K. W., Maurice, S., Wiens, R. C., Bernardi, P., Caïs, P., Robinson, S., Nelson, T., Gasnault, O., Reess, J. M., Deleuze, M., Rull, F., Manrique, J. A., Abbaki, S., Anderson, R. B., André, Y., Angel, S. M., Arana, G., Battault, T., Beck, P., Benzerara, K., Bernard, S., Berthias, J. P., Beyssac, O., Bonafous, M., Bousquet, B., Boutillier, M., Cadu, A., Castro, K., Chapron, F., Chide, B., Clark, K., Clavé, E., Clegg, S., Cloutis, E., Collin, C., Cordoba, E. C., Cousin, A., Dameury, J. C., D’Anna, W., Daydou, Y., Debus, A., Deflores, L., Dehouck, E., Delapp, D., De Los Santos, G., Donny, C., Doressoundiram, A., Dromart, G., Dubois, B., Dufour, A., Dupieux, M., Egan, M., Ervin, J., Fabre, C., Fau, A., Fischer, W., Forni, O., Fouchet, T., Frydenvang, J., Gauffre, S., Gauthier, M., Gharakanian, V., Gilard, O., Gontijo, I., Gonzalez, R., Granena, D., Grotzinger, J., Hassen-Khodja, R., Heim, M., Hello, Y., Hervet, G., Humeau, O., Jacob, X., Jacquinod, S., Johnson, J. R., Kouach, D., Lacombe, G., Lanza, N., Lapauw, L., Laserna, J., Lasue, J., Le Deit, L., Le Mouélic, S., Le Comte, E., Lee, Q. M., Legett, C., Leveille, R., Lewin, E., Leyrat, C., Lopez-Reyes, G., Lorenz, R., Lucero, B., Madariaga, J. M., Madsen, S., Madsen, M., Mangold, N., Manni, F., Mariscal, J. F., Martinez-Frias, J., Mathieu, K., Mathon, R., McCabe, K. P., McConnochie, T., McLennan, S. M., Mekki, J., Melikechi, N., Meslin, P.-Y., Micheau, Y., Michel, Y., Michel, J. M., Mimoun, D., Misra, A., Montagnac, G., Montaron, C., Montmessin, F., Moros, J., Mousset, V., Morizet, Y., Murdoch, N., Newell, R. T., Newsom, H., Nguyen Tuong, N., Ollila, A. M., Orttner, G., Oudda, L., Pares, L., Parisot, J., Parot, Y., Pérez, R., Pheav, D., Picot, L., Pilleri, P., Pilorget, C., Pinet, P., Pont, G., Poulet, F., Quantin-Nataf, C., Quertier, B., Rambaud, D., Rapin, W., Romano, P., Roucayrol, L., Royer, C., Ruellan, M., Sandoval, B. F., Sautter, V., Schoppers, M. J., Schröder, S., Seran, H. C., Sharma, S. K., Sobron, P., Sodki, M., Sournac, A., Sridhar, V., Standarovsky, D., Storms, S., Striebig, N., Tatat, M., Toplis, M., Torre-Fdez, I., Toulemont, N., Velasco, C., Veneranda, M., Venhaus, D., Virmontois, C., Viso, M., Willis, P., and Wong, K. W.
Abstract: On the NASA 2020 rover mission to Jezero crater, the remote determination of the texture, mineralogy and chemistry of rocks is essential to quickly and thoroughly characterize an area and to optimize the selection of samples for return to Earth. As part of the Perseverance payload, SuperCam is a suite of five techniques that provide critical and complementary observations via Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), Time-Resolved Raman and Luminescence (TRR/L), visible and near-infrared spectroscopy (VISIR), high-resolution color imaging (RMI), and acoustic recording (MIC). SuperCam operates at remote distances, primarily 2–7 m, while providing data at sub-mm to mm scales. We report on SuperCam’s science objectives in the context of the Mars 2020 mission goals and ways the different techniques can address these questions. The instrument is made up of three separate subsystems: the Mast Unit is designed and built in France; the Body Unit is provided by the United States; the calibration target holder is contributed by Spain, and the targets themselves by the entire science team. This publication focuses on the design, development, and tests of the Mast Unit; companion papers describe the other units. The goal of this work is to provide an understanding of the technical choices made, the constraints that were imposed, and ultimately the validated performance of the flight model as it leaves Earth, and it will serve as the foundation for Mars operations and future processing of the data.
Published: 2021

32. Evidence for a Diagenetic Origin of Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater, Mars:Summary and Synthesis of Curiosity's Exploration Campaign

Author: Fraeman, A. A., Edgar, L. A., Rampe, E. B., Thompson, L. M., Frydenvang, J., Fedo, C. M., Catalano, J. G., Dietrich, W. E., Gabriel, T. S.J., Vasavada, A. R., Grotzinger, J. P., L'Haridon, J., Mangold, N., Sun, V. Z., House, C. H., Bryk, A. B., Hardgrove, C., Czarnecki, S., Stack, K. M., Morris, R. V., Arvidson, R. E., Banham, S. G., Bennett, K. A., Bridges, J. C., Edwards, C. S., Fischer, W. W., Fox, V. K., Gupta, S., Horgan, B. H.N., Jacob, S. R., Johnson, J. R., Johnson, S. S., Rubin, D. M., Salvatore, M. R., Schwenzer, S. P., Siebach, K. L., Stein, N. T., Turner, S. M.R., Wellington, D. F., Wiens, R. C., Williams, A. J., David, G., Wong, G. M., Fraeman, A. A., Edgar, L. A., Rampe, E. B., Thompson, L. M., Frydenvang, J., Fedo, C. M., Catalano, J. G., Dietrich, W. E., Gabriel, T. S.J., Vasavada, A. R., Grotzinger, J. P., L'Haridon, J., Mangold, N., Sun, V. Z., House, C. H., Bryk, A. B., Hardgrove, C., Czarnecki, S., Stack, K. M., Morris, R. V., Arvidson, R. E., Banham, S. G., Bennett, K. A., Bridges, J. C., Edwards, C. S., Fischer, W. W., Fox, V. K., Gupta, S., Horgan, B. H.N., Jacob, S. R., Johnson, J. R., Johnson, S. S., Rubin, D. M., Salvatore, M. R., Schwenzer, S. P., Siebach, K. L., Stein, N. T., Turner, S. M.R., Wellington, D. F., Wiens, R. C., Williams, A. J., David, G., and Wong, G. M.
Abstract: This paper provides an overview of the Curiosity rover's exploration at Vera Rubin ridge (VRR) and summarizes the science results. VRR is a distinct geomorphic feature on lower Aeolis Mons (informally known as Mount Sharp) that was identified in orbital data based on its distinct texture, topographic expression, and association with a hematite spectral signature. Curiosity conducted extensive remote sensing observations, acquired data on dozens of contact science targets, and drilled three outcrop samples from the ridge, as well as one outcrop sample immediately below the ridge. Our observations indicate that strata composing VRR were deposited in a predominantly lacustrine setting and are part of the Murray formation. The rocks within the ridge are chemically in family with underlying Murray formation strata. Red hematite is dispersed throughout much of the VRR bedrock, and this is the source of the orbital spectral detection. Gray hematite is also present in isolated, gray-colored patches concentrated toward the upper elevations of VRR, and these gray patches also contain small, dark Fe-rich nodules. We propose that VRR formed when diagenetic event(s) preferentially hardened rocks, which were subsequently eroded into a ridge by wind. Diagenesis also led to enhanced crystallization and/or cementation that deepened the ferric-related spectral absorptions on the ridge, which helped make them readily distinguishable from orbit. Results add to existing evidence of protracted aqueous environments at Gale crater and give new insight into how diagenesis shaped Mars' rock record.
Published: 2020

33. SuperCam Calibration Targets:Design and Development

Author: Manrique, J. A., Lopez-Reyes, G., Cousin, A., Rull, F., Maurice, S., Wiens, R. C., Madsen, M. B., Madariaga, J. M., Gasnault, O., Aramendia, J., Arana, G., Beck, P., Bernard, S., Bernardi, P., Bernt, M. H., Berrocal, A., Beyssac, O., Cais, P., Castro, C., Castro, K., Clegg, S. M., Cloutis, E., Dromart, G., Drouet, C., Dubois, B., Escribano, D., Fabre, C., Fernandez, A., Forni, O., Garcia-Baonza, V., Gontijo, I., Johnson, J., Laserna, J., Lasue, J., Madsen, S., Mateo-Marti, E., Medina, J., Meslin, P. -Y., Montagnac, G., Moral, A., Moros, J., Ollila, A. M., Ortega, C., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Reess, J. M., Robinson, S., Rodriguez, J., Saiz, J., Sanz-Arranz, J. A., Sard, I., Sautter, V., Sobron, P., Toplis, M., Veneranda, M., Manrique, J. A., Lopez-Reyes, G., Cousin, A., Rull, F., Maurice, S., Wiens, R. C., Madsen, M. B., Madariaga, J. M., Gasnault, O., Aramendia, J., Arana, G., Beck, P., Bernard, S., Bernardi, P., Bernt, M. H., Berrocal, A., Beyssac, O., Cais, P., Castro, C., Castro, K., Clegg, S. M., Cloutis, E., Dromart, G., Drouet, C., Dubois, B., Escribano, D., Fabre, C., Fernandez, A., Forni, O., Garcia-Baonza, V., Gontijo, I., Johnson, J., Laserna, J., Lasue, J., Madsen, S., Mateo-Marti, E., Medina, J., Meslin, P. -Y., Montagnac, G., Moral, A., Moros, J., Ollila, A. M., Ortega, C., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Reess, J. M., Robinson, S., Rodriguez, J., Saiz, J., Sanz-Arranz, J. A., Sard, I., Sautter, V., Sobron, P., Toplis, M., and Veneranda, M.
Abstract: SuperCam is a highly integrated remote-sensing instrumental suite for NASA's Mars 2020 mission. It consists of a co-aligned combination of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), Time-Resolved Raman and Luminescence (TRR/L), Visible and Infrared Spectroscopy (VISIR), together with sound recording (MIC) and high-magnification imaging techniques (RMI). They provide information on the mineralogy, geochemistry and mineral context around the Perseverance Rover. The calibration of this complex suite is a major challenge. Not only does each technique require its own standards or references, their combination also introduces new requirements to obtain optimal scientific output. Elemental composition, molecular vibrational features, fluorescence, morphology and texture provide a full picture of the sample with spectral information that needs to be co-aligned, correlated, and individually calibrated. The resulting hardware includes different kinds of targets, each one covering different needs of the instrument. Standards for imaging calibration, geological samples for mineral identification and chemometric calculations or spectral references to calibrate and evaluate the health of the instrument, are all included in the SuperCam Calibration Target (SCCT). The system also includes a specifically designed assembly in which the samples are mounted. This hardware allows the targets to survive the harsh environmental conditions of the launch, cruise, landing and operation on Mars during the whole mission. Here we summarize the design, development, integration, verification and functional testing of the SCCT. This work includes some key results obtained to verify the scientific outcome of the SuperCam system.
Published: 2020

34. The Chemostratigraphy of the Murray Formation and Role of Diagenesis at Vera Rubin Ridge in Gale Crater, Mars, as Observed by the ChemCam Instrument

Author: Frydenvang, J., Mangold, N., Wiens, R. C., Fraeman, A. A., Edgar, L. A., Fedo, C. M., L'Haridon, J., Bedford, C. C., Gupta, Sanjeev, Grotzinger, J. P., Bridges, J. C., Clark, B. C., Rampe, E. B., Gasnault, O., Maurice, S., Gasda, P. J., Lanza, N. L., Olilla, A. M., Meslin, P. Y., Payré, V., Calef, F., Salvatore, Mark, House, C. H., Frydenvang, J., Mangold, N., Wiens, R. C., Fraeman, A. A., Edgar, L. A., Fedo, C. M., L'Haridon, J., Bedford, C. C., Gupta, Sanjeev, Grotzinger, J. P., Bridges, J. C., Clark, B. C., Rampe, E. B., Gasnault, O., Maurice, S., Gasda, P. J., Lanza, N. L., Olilla, A. M., Meslin, P. Y., Payré, V., Calef, F., Salvatore, Mark, and House, C. H.
Abstract: Geochemical results are presented from Curiosity's exploration of Vera Rubin ridge (VRR), in addition to the full chemostratigraphy of the predominantly lacustrine mudstone Murray formation up to and including VRR. VRR is a prominent ridge flanking Aeolis Mons (informally Mt. Sharp), the central mound in Gale crater, Mars, and was a key area of interest for the Mars Science Laboratory mission. ChemCam data show that VRR is overall geochemically similar to lower-lying members of the Murray formation, even though the top of VRR shows a strong hematite spectral signature as observed from orbit. Although overall geochemically similar, VRR is characterized by a prominent decrease in Li abundance and Chemical Index of Alteration across the ridge. This decrease follows the morphology of the ridge rather than elevation and is inferred to reflect a nondepositionally controlled decrease in clay mineral abundance in VRR rocks. Additionally, a notable enrichment in Mn above baseline levels is observed on VRR. While not supporting a single model, the results suggest that VRR rocks were likely affected by multiple episodes of postdepositional groundwater interactions that made them more erosionally resistant than surrounding Murray rocks, thus resulting in the modern-day ridge after subsequent erosion.
Published: 2020

35. Boron and Lithium in Calcium Sulfate Veins:Tracking Precipitation of Diagenetic Materials in Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater

Author: Das, D., Gasda, Patrick J., Wiens, R. C., Berlo, K., Leveille, R. J., Frydenvang, J., Mangold, N., Kronyak, R. E., Schwenzer, S. P., Forni, O., Cousin, A., Maurice, S., Gasnault, O., Das, D., Gasda, Patrick J., Wiens, R. C., Berlo, K., Leveille, R. J., Frydenvang, J., Mangold, N., Kronyak, R. E., Schwenzer, S. P., Forni, O., Cousin, A., Maurice, S., and Gasnault, O.
Abstract: The NASA Curiosity rover's ChemCam instrument suite has detected boron in calcium-sulfate-filled fractures throughout the sedimentary strata of Gale crater including Vera Rubin ridge. The presence of elevated B concentration provides insights into Martian subsurface aqueous processes. In this study we extend the data set of B in Ca-sulfate veins across Gale crater, comparing the detection frequency and relative abundances with Li. We report 33 new detections of B within veins analyzed between Sols 1548 and 2311 where detections increase in Pettegrove Point and Jura members, which form Vera Rubin ridge. The presence of B and Li in the Ca-sulfate veins is possibly due to dissolution of preexisting B in clays of the bedrock by acids or neutral water and redistribution of the elements into the veins. Elevated frequency of B detection in veins of Gale crater correlates with presence of dehydration features such as desiccation cracks, altered clay minerals and detections of evaporites such as Mg-sulfates and chloride salts in the host rocks. The increased observations of B also coincide with decreased Li concentration in the veins (average Li concentration of veins drops by ~15 ppm). Boron and Li have varying solubilities, and Li does not form salts as readily upon dehydration as B, causing it to remain in the solution. So the weak negative correlation between B and Li may reflect the crystallization sequence during dehydration on Vera Rubin ridge.
Published: 2020

36. Identification and Description of a Silicic Volcaniclastic Layer in Gale Crater, Mars, Using Active Neutron Interrogation

Author: Czarnecki, S., Hardgrove, C., Gasda, Patrick J., Gabriel, T. S.J., Starr, M., Rice, M. S., Frydenvang, J., Wiens, R. C., Rapin, W., Nikiforov, S., Lisov, D., Litvak, M., Calef, F., Gengl, H., Newsom, Horton E., Thompson, L., Nowicki, S., Czarnecki, S., Hardgrove, C., Gasda, Patrick J., Gabriel, T. S.J., Starr, M., Rice, M. S., Frydenvang, J., Wiens, R. C., Rapin, W., Nikiforov, S., Lisov, D., Litvak, M., Calef, F., Gengl, H., Newsom, Horton E., Thompson, L., and Nowicki, S.
Abstract: The Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons instrument aboard the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, has been used to map a stratigraphically conformable layer of high-SiO (Formula presented.) material in Gale crater. Previous work has shown that this material contains tridymite, a high-temperature/low-pressure felsic mineral, interpreted to have a volcanic source rock. We describe several characteristics including orientation, extent, hydration, and geochemistry, consistent with a volcaniclastic material conformably deposited within a lacustrine mudstone succession. Relationships with widely dispersed alteration features and orbital detections of hydrated SiO (Formula presented.) suggest that this high-SiO (Formula presented.) layer extends at least 17 km laterally. Mineralogical abundances previously reported for this high-SiO (Formula presented.) material indicated that hydrous species were restricted to the amorphous (non-crystalline) fraction, which is dominated by SiO (Formula presented.). The low mean bulk hydration of this high-SiO (Formula presented.) layer (1.85 (Formula presented.) 0.13 wt.% water-equivalent hydrogen) is consistent with silicic glass in addition to opal-A and opal-CT. Persistent volcanic glass and tridymite in addition to opal in an ancient sedimentary unit indicates that the conversion to more ordered forms of crystalline SiO (Formula presented.) has not proceeded to completion and that this material has had only limited exposure to water since it originally erupted, despite having been transported in a fluviolacustrine system. Our results, including the conformable nature, large areal extent, and presence of volcanic glass, indicate that this high-SiO (Formula presented.) material is derived from the product of evolved magma on Mars. This is the first identification of a silicic volcaniclastic layer on another planet and has important implications for magma evolution mechanisms on single-plate planets.
Published: 2020

37. Geochemical variation in the Stimson formation of Gale crater:Provenance, mineral sorting, and a comparison with modern Martian dunes

Author: Bedford, C. C., Schwenzer, S. P., Bridges, J.C., Banham, S., Wiens, R. C., Gasnault, O., Rampe, E. B., Frydenvang, J., Gasda, Patrick J., Bedford, C. C., Schwenzer, S. P., Bridges, J.C., Banham, S., Wiens, R. C., Gasnault, O., Rampe, E. B., Frydenvang, J., and Gasda, Patrick J.
Abstract: The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover has encountered both ancient lithified and modern active aeolian dune deposits within Gale crater, providing an opportunity to study how aeolian processes have changed during Gale crater's geological history. This study uses data from the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) and Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instrument suites onboard Curiosity to; (1) constrain the diagenetic processes that lithified and altered the ancient aeolian Stimson formation, (2) investigate whether the geochemical signature in the Stimson formation is consistent with the aeolian mafic-felsic mineral sorting trend identified in the modern Bagnold dune fields in Gale crater, and (3) discuss the provenance of the Stimson sediments, comparing it to those identified in the modern dune and ancient river and lake deposits also analyzed along Curiosity's traverse. The ancient Stimson dune deposits that stratigraphically overlie the Gale fluvio-lacustrine units were analyzed in two locations; the Emerson and the Naukluft plateaus. ChemCam data show that the Stimson formation has subtle variations in MgO, Al2O3, Na2O, and K2O between the two localities. An agglomerative cluster analysis of the constrained Stimson dataset reveals five clusters, four of which relate to different proportions of mafic and felsic minerals analyzed by ChemCam. In general, the cluster analysis shows that the Emerson plateau has a greater proportion of mafic minerals and fewer coarse, felsic grains relative to the Naukluft plateau. This variation in mafic and felsic minerals between localities suggests a southwest to northeast net sediment transport direction due to aeolian mineral sorting dynamics preferentially transporting mafic minerals that are easier to saltate than the elongate, often coarser, felsic minerals. This derived transport direction for the Stimson formation supports that determined by sedimentological evidence and is op
Published: 2020

38. Development of Optical Mesosphere Thermosphere Imagers (OMTI)

Author: Shiokawa, K., Katoh, Y., Satoh, M., Ejiri, M. K., Ogawa, T., Nakamura, T., Tsuda, T., and Wiens, R. H.
Published: 1999
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39. A 15N-Poor Isotopic Composition for the Solar System As Shown by Genesis Solar Wind Samples

Author: Marty., B., Chaussidon, M., Wiens, R. C., Jurewicz, A. J. G., and Burnett, D. S.
Published: 2011
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40. Magnesium isotopes of the bulk solar wind from Genesis diamond‐like carbon films

Author: Jurewicz, A. J. G., primary, Rieck, K. D., additional, Hervig, R., additional, Burnett, D. S., additional, Wadhwa, M., additional, Olinger, C. T., additional, Wiens, R. C., additional, Laming, J. M., additional, Guan, Y., additional, Huss, G. R., additional, Reisenfeld, D. B., additional, and Williams, P., additional
Published: 2020
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41. Feldspathic Cumulate Samples and Plutonic Rocks in Gale Crater: Comparisons to Martian Meteorites

Author: Bridges, J. C., Cousin, A., Sautter, V., William Rapin, Bowden, D., Thompson, L., Schwenzer, S. P., Bedford, C., Payre, V., Gasnault, O., Forni, O., Pinet, P., Wiens, R., Yingst, R. A., Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Subjects: [SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology
Abstract: The Curiosity Rover of Mars Science Laboratory has identified igneous float rocks in Gale Crater which offer new insights about the differentiation of the martian lithosphere. Here we describe likely origins for some unique Gale plutonic and cumulate rocks and compare to the martian meteorites. At the Ireson Hill locality around sol 1606 a group of float rocks with resistant, dreikanter morphologies were identified which include igneous textures, notably the 10 cm Pogy sample. On sol 2016 of the MSL mission, a group of float rocks were studied in detail, including Askival, which is a light toned rock igneous rock similar to Peacock_Hills (sol 19) and Bindi (sol 544).
Published: 2019

42. O2 Atmospheric band and OH(6–2) airglow and temperature variability over Spain using SATI observations: Planetary-scale oscillations during autumn

Author: López-González, M. J., Rodríguez, E., Shepherd, G. G., Shepherd, M. G., Sargoytchev, S., Aushev, V. M., García-Comas, M., Brown, S., and Wiens, R. H.
Published: 2007

43. Mars Science Laboratory Observations of Chloride Salts in Gale Crater, Mars

Author: Thomas, N. H., primary, Ehlmann, B. L., additional, Meslin, P.‐Y., additional, Rapin, W., additional, Anderson, D. E., additional, Rivera‐Hernández, F., additional, Forni, O., additional, Schröder, S., additional, Cousin, A., additional, Mangold, N., additional, Gellert, R., additional, Gasnault, O., additional, and Wiens, R. C., additional
Published: 2019
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44. Mineral‐Filled Fractures as Indicators of Multigenerational Fluid Flow in the Pahrump Hills Member of the Murray Formation, Gale Crater, Mars

Author: Kronyak, R. E., primary, Kah, L. C., additional, Edgett, K. S., additional, VanBommel, S. J., additional, Thompson, L. M., additional, Wiens, R. C., additional, Sun, V. Z., additional, and Nachon, M., additional
Published: 2019
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45. Gravitational Enrichment of84 Kr/36 Ar Ratios in Polar Ice Caps: A Measure of Firn Thickness and Accumulation Temperature

Author: Craig, H. and Wiens, R. C.
Published: 1996

46. In Situ Analysis of Opal in Gale Crater, Mars

Author: Rapin, W., Chauviré, B., Gabriel, T. S. J., Mcadam, A. C., Ehlmann, B. L., Hardgrove, C., Meslin, P.-y., Rondeau, B., Dehouck, E., Franz, H. B., Mangold, N., Chipera, S. J., Wiens, R. C., Frydenvang, J., Schröder, S., Rapin, W., Chauviré, B., Gabriel, T. S. J., Mcadam, A. C., Ehlmann, B. L., Hardgrove, C., Meslin, P.-y., Rondeau, B., Dehouck, E., Franz, H. B., Mangold, N., Chipera, S. J., Wiens, R. C., Frydenvang, J., and Schröder, S.
Published: 2018

47. Martian Eolian Dust Probed by ChemCam

Author: Lasue, J., Cousin, A., Meslin, P. -Y., Mangold, N., Wiens, R. C., Berger, G., Dehouck, E., Forni, O., Goetz, W., Gasnault, O., Rapin, W., Schroeder, S., Ollila, A., Johnson, J., Le Mouelic, S., Maurice, S., Anderson, R., Blaney, D., Clark, B., Clegg, S. M., d'Uston, C., Fabre, C., Lanza, N., Madsen, M. B., Martin-Torres, J., Melikechi, N., Newsom, H., Sautter, V., Zorzano, M. P., Lasue, J., Cousin, A., Meslin, P. -Y., Mangold, N., Wiens, R. C., Berger, G., Dehouck, E., Forni, O., Goetz, W., Gasnault, O., Rapin, W., Schroeder, S., Ollila, A., Johnson, J., Le Mouelic, S., Maurice, S., Anderson, R., Blaney, D., Clark, B., Clegg, S. M., d'Uston, C., Fabre, C., Lanza, N., Madsen, M. B., Martin-Torres, J., Melikechi, N., Newsom, H., Sautter, V., and Zorzano, M. P.
Published: 2018

48. The Genesis Solar Wind Concentrator Target: Mass Fractionation Characterised by Neon Isotopes

Author: Heber, V., Wiens, R., Reisenfeld, D., Allton, J., Baur, H., Burnett, D., Olinger, C., Wiechert, U., Wieler, R., Heber, V., Wiens, R., Reisenfeld, D., Allton, J., Baur, H., Burnett, D., Olinger, C., Wiechert, U., and Wieler, R.
Abstract: The concentrator on Genesis provided samples of increased fluences of solar wind ions for precise determination of the oxygen isotopic composition. The concentration process caused mass fractionation as a function of the radial target position. This fractionation was measured using Ne released by UV laser ablation and compared with modelled Ne data, obtained from ion-trajectory simulations. Measured data show that the concentrator performed as expected and indicate a radially symmetric concentration process. Measured concentration factors are up to ∼30 at the target centre. The total range of isotopic fractionation along the target radius is 3.8%/amu, with monotonically decreasing 20Ne/22Ne towards the centre, which differs from model predictions. We discuss potential reasons and propose future attempts to overcome these disagreements
Published: 2018

49. Geochemistry of the Bagnold dune field as observed by ChemCam and comparison with other aeolian deposits at Gale crater

Author: Cousin, Agnes, Dehouck, Erwin, Meslin, P.-Y., Forni, O., Williams, A., Stein, Nathan, Gasnault, O., Bridges, N., Ehlmann, Bethany, Schröder, Susanne, Payré, V., Rapin, W., Pinet, P., Sautter, V., Lanza, N., Lasue, J., Maurice, S., Wiens, R. C., Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences [Towson], Towson University [Towson, MD, United States], University of Maryland System-University of Maryland System, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences [Pasadena], California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD] (APL), Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (JLU), GeoRessources, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre de recherches sur la géologie des matières premières minérales et énergétiques (CREGU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), 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), Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen = Justus Liebig University (JLU), and Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre de recherches sur la géologie des matières premières minérales et énergétiques (CREGU)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: LIBS, [SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology, dunes, ChemCam, Mars, soils, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract: The Curiosity rover conducted the first field investigation of an active extraterrestrial dune. This study of the Bagnold dunes focuses on the ChemCam chemical results and also presents findings on the grain size distributions based on the ChemCam Remote Micro-Imager and Mars Hand Lens Imager images. These active dunes are composed of grains that are mostly 150 μm grain-size dump piles have shown that coarser grains (150–250 μm) are enriched in the mafic elements Fe and Mn, suggesting a larger content in olivine compared to smaller grains (
Published: 2017
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50. Diagenetic silica enrichment and late-stage groundwater activity in Gale crater, Mars: Silica Enriching Diagenesis, Gale, Mars

Author: Frydenvang, J., Gasda, P. J., Hurowitz, J. A., Grotzinger, J. P., Wiens, R. C., Newsom, H. E., Edgett, K. S., Watkins, J., Bridges, J. C., Maurice, S., Fisk, M. R., Johnson, J. R., Rapin, W., Stein, N. T., Clegg, S. M., Schwenzer, S. P., Bedford, C. C., Edwards, P., Mangold, N., Cousin, A., Anderson, R. B., Payré, V., Vaniman, D., Blake, D. F., Lanza, N. L., Gupta, S., Van Beek, J., Sautter, V., Meslin, P.-Y., Rice, M., Milliken, R., Gellert, R., Thompson, L., Clark, B. C., Sumner, D. Y., Fraeman, A. A., Kinch, K. M., Madsen, M. B., Mitrofanov, I. G., Jun, I., Calef, F., and Vasavada, A. R.
Abstract: Diagenetic silica enrichment in fracture‐associated halos that crosscut lacustrine and unconformably overlying aeolian sedimentary bedrock is observed on the lower north slope of Aeolis Mons in Gale crater, Mars. The diagenetic silica enrichment is colocated with detrital silica enrichment observed in the lacustrine bedrock yet extends into a considerably younger, unconformably draping aeolian sandstone, implying that diagenetic silica enrichment postdates the detrital silica enrichment. A causal connection between the detrital and diagenetic silica enrichment implies that water was present in the subsurface of Gale crater long after deposition of the lacustrine sediments and that it mobilized detrital amorphous silica and precipitated it along fractures in the overlying bedrock. Although absolute timing is uncertain, the observed diagenesis likely represents some of the most recent groundwater activity in Gale crater and suggests that the timescale of potential habitability extended considerably beyond the time that the lacustrine sediments of Aeolis Mons were deposited.
Published: 2017

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