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1. Iron Mobility During Diagenesis at Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater, Mars

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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

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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.

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2021
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2. Manganese‐Rich Sandstones as an Indicator of Ancient Oxic Lake Water Conditions in Gale Crater, Mars

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Gasda, P. J., primary, Lanza, N. L., additional, Meslin, P.‐Y., additional, Lamm, S. N., additional, Cousin, A., additional, Anderson, R., additional, Forni, O., additional, Swanner, E., additional, L’Haridon, J., additional, Frydenvang, J., additional, Thomas, N., additional, Gwizd, S., additional, Stein, N., additional, Fischer, W. W., additional, Hurowitz, J., additional, Sumner, D., additional, Rivera‐Hernández, F., additional, Crossey, L., additional, Ollila, A., additional, Essunfeld, A., additional, Newsom, H. E., additional, Clark, B., additional, Wiens, R. C., additional, Gasnault, O., additional, Clegg, S. M., additional, Maurice, S., additional, Delapp, D., additional, and Reyes‐Newell, A., additional

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2024
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3. Manganese-Rich Sandstones as an Indicator of Ancient Oxic Lake Water Conditions in Gale Crater, Mars

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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.

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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.

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2024

4. Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Shenandoah Formation, Western Fan, Jezero Crater, Mars

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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.

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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

6. Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Shenandoah Formation, Western Fan, Jezero Crater, Mars

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Stack, K. M., primary, Ives, L. R. W., additional, Gupta, S., additional, Lamb, M. P., additional, Tebolt, M., additional, Caravaca, G., additional, Grotzinger, J. P., additional, Russell, P., additional, Shuster, D. L., additional, Williams, A. J., additional, Amundsen, H., additional, Alwmark, S., additional, Annex, A. M., additional, Barnes, R., additional, Bell, J., additional, Beyssac, O., additional, Bosak, T., additional, Crumpler, L. S., additional, Dehouck, E., additional, Gwizd, S. J., additional, Hickman‐Lewis, K., additional, Horgan, B. H. N., additional, Hurowitz, J., additional, Kalucha, H., additional, Kanine, O., additional, Lesh, C., additional, Maki, J., additional, Mangold, N., additional, Randazzo, N., additional, Seeger, C., additional, Williams, R. M. E., additional, Brown, A., additional, Cardarelli, E., additional, Dypvik, H., additional, Flannery, D., additional, Frydenvang, J., additional, Hamran, S.‐E., additional, Núñez, J. I., additional, Paige, D., additional, Simon, J. I., additional, Tice, M., additional, Tate, C., additional, and Wiens, R. C., additional

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2024
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8. The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the Mars 2020 Rover: Science Objectives and Mast-Unit Description

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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, IV, 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.

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2021
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9. Redox stratification of an ancient lake in Gale crater, Mars

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Hurowitz, J. A., Grotzinger, J. P., Fischer, W. W., McLennan, S. M., Milliken, R. E., Stein, N., Vasavada, A. R., Blake, D. F., Dehouck, E., Eigenbrode, J. L., Fairén, A. G., Frydenvang, J., Gellert, R., Grant, J. A., Gupta, S., Herkenhoff, K. E., Ming, D. W., Rampe, E. B., Schmidt, M. E., Siebach, K. L., Stack-Morgan, K., Sumner, D. Y., and Wiens, R. C.

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2017

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

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Frydenvang, J, Mangold, N, Wiens, R. C, Fraeman, A. A, Edgar, L. A, Fedo, C, L’Haridon, J, Bedford, C. C, Gupta, S, 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, Payr, V, Calef, F, Salvatore, M, House, C. H, and Gabriel, T. S. J

Subjects
Space Sciences (General)
Abstract

The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover explored Vera Rubin ridge (VRR) in Gale crater, Mars, for almost 500 sols (Mars days) between arriving at the ridge on sol 1809 of the mission in September 2017 and leaving it on sol 2302 upon entering the Glen Torridon area south of the ridge. VRR is a topographic ridge on the central mound, Aeolis Mons (Mt. Sharp), in Gale crater that displays a strong hematite spectral signature from orbit. In-situ observations on the ridge led to the recognition that the ridge-forming rocks belong to the Murray formation, the lowermost exposed stratigraphic unit of the Mt. Sharp group, that was first encountered at the Pahrump Hills location. Including VRR rocks, the Murray formation, interpreted to be primarily deposited in an ancient lacustrine environment in Gale crater, is more than 300 m thick. VRR itself is composed of two stratigraphic members within the Murray formation, the Pettegrove Point member overlain by the Jura member. The Pettegrove Point member overlies the Blunts Point member of the Murray formation. Areas of gray coloration are observed in the Jura member predominantly, but also in the Pettegrove Point member. Generally, gray areas are found in local topographic depressions, but contacts between red and gray rocks crosscut stratigraphy. Additionally, cm-scale dark concretions with very high iron-content are commonly observed in gray rocks, typically surrounded by a lighttoned zone that is conversely depleted in iron. A key goal for the VRR campaign was to characterize geochemical variations in the ridge-forming rocks to investigate the role of primary and diagenetic controls on the geochemistry and morphology of VRR. Here, we present observations by the ChemCam instrument on VRR and compare these to the full Murray formation chemostratigraphy. This work was recently submitted to a special issue of JGRPlanets that detail the full VRR campaign.

Published
2020

12. First Gale Western Butte Capping-Unit Compositions, and Relationships to Earlier Units Along Curiosity's Traverse

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Wiens, R. C, Mangold, N, Forni, O, Anderson, R. B, Gasnault, O, Bryk, A, Dietrich, W. E, Johnson, J. R, Dehouck, E, Deit, L. Le, Frydenvang, J, Bedford, C, and Maurice, S

Subjects
Space Sciences (General)
Abstract

The Curiosity rover has been traversing through the clay-bearing unit (Glen Torridon; GT), approaching Greenheugh pediment, a large, fan-shaped surface surrounding the mouth of Gediz Vallis on the lower slope of Mt. Sharp. The pediment unconformably overlies the underlying bedrock, and is hence younger than units of the Mt. Sharp group. Orbital imaging of the pediment has shown it to have a slightly lower albedo and higher thermal inertia than neighboring units, to be relatively retentive of craters (e.g., erosion resistant), and to exhibit curved bedforms suggestive of lithified eolian bedforms. No diagnostic spectral signature has been observed from orbit. Recent rover positions allowed remote imaging of the contact between Greenheugh pediment and the eroded Murray formation strata below it, showing that the pediment capping material is cross-bedded and relatively thin (1-3 m), and suggesting that the pediment may have been much larger at one time. As Curiosity approached the edge of the pediment, the team investigated two buttes named Central and Western. The latter butte contains dark capping material that initially looked similar to the pediment cap, but close inspection revealed important physical differences. Here we report on compositions from ChemCam of two float rocks that appear to have rolled down from the capping unit, and on potential relation-ships to other targets along the traverse of the rover.

Published
2020

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

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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

15. VARIABILITY IN MT. SHARP GROUP BEDROCK AS SEEN BY CHEMCAM PASSIVE AND ACTIVE

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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., Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), 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), and Lunar and Planetary Institute

Subjects
[SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], [SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP]
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International audience

Published
2023

16. CHEMCAM OBSERVATIONS OF THE MARKER BAND, GALE CRATER, MARS

Author

Gasda, P. J., Lanza, N., Rapin, W., Frydenvang, J., Goetz, W., Schwenzer, S. P., Dietrich, W. E., Weitz, C., Bryk, A., Kite, E., Lewis, K., Schieber, J., Fischer, W.W., Mondro, C., Johnson, J., Dehouck, E., Newsom, H. E., Essunfeld, A., Lasue, J., Gasnault, O., Clegg, S., Delapp, D., Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), 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), 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), Institute of Meteoritics [Albuquerque] (IOM), The University of New Mexico [Albuquerque], and Lunar and Planetary Institute

Subjects
[SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology
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International audience

Published
2023

17. Supercam first shots: dust composition and variability

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Lasue, J., Meslin, P.Y., Cousin, A., Forni, O., Anderson, R., Beck, P., Beyssac, O., Brown, A., Clegg, S.M., Dehouck, E., Frydenvang, J., Gasda, P., Gasnault, O., Hausrath, E., Pilleri, P., Rapin, W., Wiens, R.C., Team, The Supercam, 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), United States Geological Survey (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, Bioinformatique et BioPhysique [IMPMC] (IMPMC_BIBIP), 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)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR206-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Theoretical Division [LANL], 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), Department of Computer Science [Purdue], Purdue University [West Lafayette], and Lunar and Planetary Institute

Subjects
[SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], [SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP]
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International audience

Published
2023

18. Using Chemcam Derived Geochemistry to Identify the Paleonet Sediment Transport Direction and Source Region Characteristics of the Stimson Formation in Gale Crater, Mars

Author

Bedford, C. C, Schwenzer, S. P, Bridges, J. C, Banham, S, Wiens, R. C, Frydenvang, J, Gasnault, O, Rampe, E. B, and Gasda, P. J

Subjects
Space Sciences (General)
Abstract

The NASA Curiosity rover has encountered both ancient and modern dune deposits within Gale crater. The modern dunes are actively migrating across the surface within the Bagnold Dune field of which Curiosity conducted analysis campaigns at two different localities. Variations in mafic-felsic mineral abundances between these two sites have been related to the aeolian mineral sorting regime for basaltic environments identified on the Earth which become preferentially enriched in olivine relative to plagioclase feldspar with increasing distance from the source. This aeolian mineral sorting regime for basaltic minerals has also been inferred for Mars from orbital data. The aim of this study is to investigate whether this aeolian mafic-felsic mineral sorting trend has left a geochemical signature in the ancient dune deposits preserved within the Stimson formation. The Stimson formation unconformably overlies the Murray formation and consists of thickly laminated, cross-bedded sandstone. Stimson outcrops have a variable thickness up to 5 meters covering a total area of 17 square kilometers. A dry, aeolian origin was determined for this sandstone due to the high sphericity and roundness of the grains, uniform bimodal grain size distribution (250-710 microns), and 1-meter-thick cross-beds. Identifying the geochemical signature of mineral sorting can provide insights about the paleo-net sediment transport direction of the dunes and prevailing wind direction at the time of deposition.

Published
2019

19. Aqueously altered igneous rocks sampled on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars

Author

Farley, K. A., primary, Stack, K. M., additional, Shuster, D. L., additional, Horgan, B. H. N., additional, Hurowitz, J. A., additional, Tarnas, J. D., additional, Simon, J. I., additional, Sun, V. Z., additional, Scheller, E. L., additional, Moore, K. R., additional, McLennan, S. M., additional, Vasconcelos, P. M., additional, Wiens, R. C., additional, Treiman, A. H., additional, Mayhew, L. E., additional, Beyssac, O., additional, Kizovski, T. V., additional, Tosca, N. J., additional, Williford, K. H., additional, Crumpler, L. S., additional, Beegle, L. W., additional, Bell, J. F., additional, Ehlmann, B. L., additional, Liu, Y., additional, Maki, J. N., additional, Schmidt, M. E., additional, Allwood, A. C., additional, Amundsen, H. E. F., additional, Bhartia, R., additional, Bosak, T., additional, Brown, A. J., additional, Clark, B. C., additional, Cousin, A., additional, Forni, O., additional, Gabriel, T. S. J., additional, Goreva, Y., additional, Gupta, S., additional, Hamran, S.-E., additional, Herd, C. D. K., additional, Hickman-Lewis, K., additional, Johnson, J. R., additional, Kah, L. C., additional, Kelemen, P. B., additional, Kinch, K. B., additional, Mandon, L., additional, Mangold, N., additional, Quantin-Nataf, C., additional, Rice, M. S., additional, Russell, P. S., additional, Sharma, S., additional, Siljeström, S., additional, Steele, A., additional, Sullivan, R., additional, Wadhwa, M., additional, Weiss, B. P., additional, Williams, A. J., additional, Wogsland, B. V., additional, Willis, P. A., additional, Acosta-Maeda, T. A., additional, Beck, P., additional, Benzerara, K., additional, Bernard, S., additional, Burton, A. S., additional, Cardarelli, E. L., additional, Chide, B., additional, Clavé, E., additional, Cloutis, E. A., additional, Cohen, B. A., additional, Czaja, A. D., additional, Debaille, V., additional, Dehouck, E., additional, Fairén, A. G., additional, Flannery, D. T., additional, Fleron, S. Z., additional, Fouchet, T., additional, Frydenvang, J., additional, Garczynski, B. J., additional, Gibbons, E. F., additional, Hausrath, E. M., additional, Hayes, A. G., additional, Henneke, J., additional, Jørgensen, J. L., additional, Kelly, E. M., additional, Lasue, J., additional, Le Mouélic, S., additional, Madariaga, J. M., additional, Maurice, S., additional, Merusi, M., additional, Meslin, P.-Y., additional, Milkovich, S. M., additional, Million, C. C., additional, Moeller, R. C., additional, Núñez, J. I., additional, Ollila, A. M., additional, Paar, G., additional, Paige, D. A., additional, Pedersen, D. A. K., additional, Pilleri, P., additional, Pilorget, C., additional, Pinet, P. C., additional, Rice, J. W., additional, Royer, C., additional, Sautter, V., additional, Schulte, M., additional, Sephton, M. A., additional, Sharma, S. K., additional, Sholes, S. F., additional, Spanovich, N., additional, St. Clair, M., additional, Tate, C. D., additional, Uckert, K., additional, VanBommel, S. J., additional, Yanchilina, A. G., additional, and Zorzano, M.-P., additional

Published
2022
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20. Correcting for variable laser-target distances of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy measurements with ChemCam using emission lines of Martian dust spectra

Author

Melikechi, N., Mezzacappa, A., Cousin, A., Lanza, N.L., Lasue, J., Clegg, S.M., Berger, G., Wiens, R.C., Maurice, S., Tokar, R.L., Bender, S., Forni, O., Breves, E.A., Dyar, M.D., Frydenvang, J., Delapp, D., Gasnault, O., Newsom, H., Ollila, A.M., Lewin, E., Clark, B.C., Ehlmann, B.L., Blaney, D., and Fabre, C.

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2014
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21. Geochemical Endmembers Preserved in Gale Crater: A Tale of Two Mudstones and Their Compositional Differences According to Chemcam

Author

Bedford, C. C, Schwenzer, S. P, Bridges, J. C, Wiens, R. C, Rampe, E. B, Frydenvang, J, and Gasda, P. J

Subjects
Geophysics
Abstract

Gale crater contains two fine-grained mudstone sedimentary units: The Sheepbed mudstone member, and the Murray formation mud-stones. These mudstones formed as part of an ancient fluviolacustrine system. The NASA Curiosity rover has analysed these mudstone units using the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam), Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) and Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) onboard instrument suites. Subsequent mineralogical analyses have uncovered a wide geochemical and mineralogical diversity across and within these two mudstone formations. This study aims to determine the principal cause (alteration or source region) of this geochemical variation through a statistical analysis of the ChemCam dataset up to sol 1482, including the lower to middle Murray formation.

Published
2018

22. 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
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Published
2022

23. Classification of chemcam passive spectral targets in gale crater

Author

Manelski, H, Sheppard, R, Fraeman, A, Johnson, J, Wiens, R, Lanza, N, Frydenvang, J, Gasnault, Olivier, Columbia University [New York], Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD] (APL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH), 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), and Lunar and Planetary Institute

Subjects
[SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology
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International audience

Published
2022

24. Composition and density stratification observed by supercam in the first 300 sols in Jezero crater

Author

Wiens, R.C., Udry, A., Mangold, N., Beyssac, O., Quantin, C., Sautter, V., Cousin, A., Brown, A., Bosak, T., Mandon, L., Forni, O., Johnson, J.R., Mclennan, S., Legett, C., Maurice, S., Mayhew, L., Crumpler, L., Anderson, R.B., Clegg, S.M., Ollila, A.M., Hall, J., Meslin, P.-Y., Kah, L.C., Gabriel, T.S.J., Gasda, P., Simon, J.I., Hausrath, E.M., Horgan, B., Poulet, F., Beck, P., Gupta, S., Chide, B., Clavé, E., Connell, S., Dehouck, E., Dromart, G., Fouchet, T., Royer, C., Frydenvang, J., Gasnault, Olivier, Gibbons, E., Kalucha, H., Lanza, N., Lasue, J., Mouelic, S. Le, Leveillé, R., Cloutis, E., Reyes, G. Lopez, Arana, G., Castro, K., Madariaga, J.M., Manrique, J.-A., Pilorget, C., Pinet, P., Laserna, J., Sharma, S.K., Acosta-Maeda, T., Kelly, E., Montmessin, Franck, Fischer, W., Francis, R., Stack, K., Farley, K., Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Purdue University [West Lafayette], Plancius Research LLC, Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences [UMR_C 6112] (LPG), Université d'Angers (UA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Nantes université - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (Nantes univ - UFR ST), Nantes Université - pôle Sciences et technologie, Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université - pôle Sciences et technologie, Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université (Nantes Univ), Institut de minéralogie, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie (IMPMC), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR206-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement (LGL-TPE), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics (LESIA), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD] (APL), Stony Brook University [SUNY] (SBU), State University of New York (SUNY), University of Colorado [Boulder], New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS), United States Geological Survey (USGS), The University of Tennessee [Knoxville], NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC), NASA, University of Nevada [Las Vegas] (WGU Nevada), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Imperial College London, Université de Bordeaux (UB), University of Winnipeg, Université de Lyon, Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada], California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Universidad de Valladolid [Valladolid] (UVa), University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Universidad de Málaga [Málaga] = University of Málaga [Málaga], University of Hawaii, PLANETO - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), and pinet, patrick

Subjects
[SDU] Sciences of the Universe [physics], jezero crater, [SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], perseverance in situ exploration, [SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], [SDU.ASTR.EP] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], supercam, [SDU.STU.PL] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology, mars geology, mineralogy, petrology
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Published
2022

25. 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., Williford, K., Acosta-Maeda, T., Anderson, R. B., Applin, D. M., Arana, G., Bassas-Portus, M., Beal, R., Beck, P., Benzerara, K., Bernard, S., Bernardi, P., Bosak, T., Bousquet, B., Brown, A., Cadu, A., Caïs, P., Castro, K., Clavé, E., Clegg, S. M., Cloutis, E., Connell, S., Debus, A., Dehouck, E., Delapp, D., Donny, C., Dorresoundiram, A., Dromart, G., Dubois, B., Fabre, C., Fau, A., Fischer, W., Francis, R., Frydenvang, J., Gabriel, T., Gibbons, E., Gontijo, I., Johnson, J. R., Kalucha, H., Kelly, E., Knutsen, E. W., Lacombe, G., Legett, C., Leveille, R., Lewin, E., Lopez-Reyes, G., Lorigny, E., Madariaga, J. M., Madsen, M., Madsen, S., Mandon, L., Mangold, N., Mann, M., Manrique, J.-A., Martinez-Frias, J., Mayhew, L. E., McConnochie, T., McLennan, S. M., Melikechi, N., Meunier, F., Montagnac, G., Mousset, V., Nelson, T., Newell, R. T., Parot, Y., Pilorget, C., Pinet, P., Pont, G., Poulet, F., Quantin-Nataf, C., Quertier, B., Rapin, W., Reyes-Newell, A., Robinson, S., Rochas, L., Royer, C., Rull, F., Sautter, V., Sharma, S., Shridar, V., Sournac, A., Toplis, M., Torre-Fdez, I., Turenne, N., Udry, A., Veneranda, M., Venhaus, D., Vogt, D., Willis, P., 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., Williford, K., Acosta-Maeda, T., Anderson, R. B., Applin, D. M., Arana, G., Bassas-Portus, M., Beal, R., Beck, P., Benzerara, K., Bernard, S., Bernardi, P., Bosak, T., Bousquet, B., Brown, A., Cadu, A., Caïs, P., Castro, K., Clavé, E., Clegg, S. M., Cloutis, E., Connell, S., Debus, A., Dehouck, E., Delapp, D., Donny, C., Dorresoundiram, A., Dromart, G., Dubois, B., Fabre, C., Fau, A., Fischer, W., Francis, R., Frydenvang, J., Gabriel, T., Gibbons, E., Gontijo, I., Johnson, J. R., Kalucha, H., Kelly, E., Knutsen, E. W., Lacombe, G., Legett, C., Leveille, R., Lewin, E., Lopez-Reyes, G., Lorigny, E., Madariaga, J. M., Madsen, M., Madsen, S., Mandon, L., Mangold, N., Mann, M., Manrique, J.-A., Martinez-Frias, J., Mayhew, L. E., McConnochie, T., McLennan, S. M., Melikechi, N., Meunier, F., Montagnac, G., Mousset, V., Nelson, T., Newell, R. T., Parot, Y., Pilorget, C., Pinet, P., Pont, G., Poulet, F., Quantin-Nataf, C., Quertier, B., Rapin, W., Reyes-Newell, A., Robinson, S., Rochas, L., Royer, C., Rull, F., Sautter, V., Sharma, S., Shridar, V., Sournac, A., Toplis, M., Torre-Fdez, I., Turenne, N., Udry, A., Veneranda, M., Venhaus, D., Vogt, D., and Willis, P.

Abstract

Prior to the Perseverance rover landing, the acoustic environment of Mars was unknown. Models predicted that: (i) atmospheric turbulence changes at centimeter scales or smaller at the point where molecular viscosity converts kinetic energy into heat1, (ii) the speed of sound varies at the surface with frequency, and (iii) high frequency waves are strongly attenuated with distance in CO₂. However, theoretical models were uncertain because of a lack of experimental data at low pressure, and the difficulty to characterize turbulence or attenuation in a closed environment. Here using Perseverance microphone recordings, we present the first characterization of Mars’ acoustic environment and pressure fluctuations in the audible range and beyond, from 20 Hz to 50 kHz. We find that atmospheric sounds extend measurements of pressure variations down to 1,000 times smaller scales than ever observed before, revealing a dissipative regime extending over 5 orders of magnitude in energy. Using point sources of sound (Ingenuity rotorcraft, laser-induced sparks), we highlight two distinct values for the speed of sound that are ~10 m/s apart below and above 240 Hz, a unique characteristic of low-pressure CO₂-dominated atmosphere. We also provide the acoustic attenuation with distance above 2 kHz, allowing us to elucidate the large contribution of the CO₂ vibrational relaxation in the audible range. These results establish a ground truth for modelling of acoustic processes, which is critical for studies in atmospheres like Mars and Venus ones.

Published
2022

26. 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

27. 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

28. High-Temperature, Perhaps Silicic, Volcanism on Mars Evidenced by Tridymite Detection in High-SiO2 Sedimentary Rock at Gale Crater, Mars

Author

Morris, R. V, Vaniman, D. T, Blake, D. F, Gellert, R, Chipera, S. J, Rampe, E. B, Ming, D. W, Morrison, S. M, Downs, R. T, Treiman, A. H, Yen, A. S, Achilles, C. N, Bristow, T. F, Crisp, J. A, Des Marais, D. J, Farmer, J. D, Fendrich, K. V, Frydenvang, J, Graff, T. G, Grotzinger, J. P, Morookian, J. M, and Schwenzer, S. P

Subjects
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration, Geophysics
Abstract

The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, Curiosity, has been exploring sedimentary rocks within Gale crater since landing in August, 2012. On the lower slopes of Aeolis Mons (a.k.a. Mount Sharp), drill powder was collected from a high-silica (74 wt% SiO2) outcrop named Buckskin (BK). It was a surprise to find that the Buckskin sample contained significant amounts of the relatively rare silica polymorph tridymite. We describe the setting of the Buckskin sample, the detection of tridymite by the MSL Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) X-ray diffraction instrument, and detection implications. Geologic setting: The Buckskin outcrop is part of the Murray formation exposed in the Marias Pass area. The formation was previously studied by CheMin in the Pahrump Hills member [1] where three samples of drill fines were analyzed (Confidence Hills (CH), Mojave2 (MJ) and Telegraph Peak (TP) [2]). Assuming approximately horizontal bedding, the Buckskin outcrop is approx.15 m stratigraphically above the bottom of the Pahrump Hills member. Mudstone, generally characterized by fine lamination, is the dominant depositional facies [1]. Buckskin Mineralogical and Chemical Composition: The CheMin instrument and XRD pattern analysis procedures have been previously discussed [3-6]. The diffraction pattern used for quantitative XRD analysis (Fig. 1) is the sum of the first 4 of 45 diffraction images. The remaining images are all characterized by both on-ring and off-ring diffraction spots that we attributed to poor grain motion and particle clumping. Coincident with particle clumping was a significant decrease in the intensity of the tridymite diffraction peaks (Fig. 2a). The derived mineralogical composition of the crystalline component (derived from the first 4 diffraction images) is given in Table 1. The tridymite is well-crystalline and its pattern is refined as monoclinic tridymite (Fig 1). Mineral chemical compositions were derived from XRD unit cell parameters or obtained from stoichiometry. The XRD-calculated amorphous component was 50 +/- 15 wt%. We constrained the value to 60 wt% because it is the minimum value necessary to give a positive Al2O3 concentration for the amorphous component using APXS data for the post-sieve dump pile (Table 2). The amorphous component has high SiO2 (approx.77 wt%) and high anion (SO3+P2O5+Cl ~10 wt%) concentrations. Calculation shows that a cation-anion balance is achieved if the cations in the amorphous component except SiO2 and TiO2, which do not readily form salts, are assumed to be present as amorphous mixed-cation sulfates, phosphates, and chlorides (or perchlorates/ chlorates).

Published
2016

29. Author Correction: In situ recording of Mars soundscape

Author

Maurice, S., Chide, B., Murdoch, N., Lorenz, R, Mimoun, D., Wiens, R., Stott, A., Jacob, X., Bertrand, T., Montmessin, Franck, Lanza, N, Alvarez-Llamas, C., Angel, S, 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, Jérémie, Maki, J., Mcclean, J., Meslin, P.-Y., Le Mouélic, S., Munguira, A., Newman, C., Rodríguez Manfredi, J., Moros, J., Ollila, A., Pilleri, P., Schröder, S., de La Torre Juárez, M., Tzanetos, T., Stack, K., Farley, K., Williford, K., Acosta-Maeda, T., Anderson, R., Applin, D., Arana, G., Bassas-Portus, M., Beal, R., Beck, P., Benzerara, K., Bernard, S., Bernardi, P., Bosak, T., Bousquet, B., Brown, A., Cadu, A., Caïs, P., Castro, K., Clavé, E., Clegg, S, Cloutis, E., Connell, S., Debus, A., Dehouck, E., Delapp, D., Donny, C., Dorresoundiram, A., Dromart, G., Dubois, B., Fabre, C., Fau, A., Fischer, W., Francis, R., Frydenvang, J., Gabriel, T., Gibbons, E., Gontijo, I., Johnson, J., Kalucha, H., Kelly, E., Knutsen, Elise Wright, Lacombe, Gaetan, Legett, C., Leveille, R., Lewin, E., Lopez-Reyes, G., Lorigny, E., Madariaga, J., Madsen, M., Madsen, S., Mandon, L., Mangold, N., Mann, M., Manrique, J.-A., Martinez-Frias, J., Mayhew, L., Mcconnochie, T., Mclennan, S., Melikechi, N., Meunier, F., Montagnac, G., Mousset, V., Nelson, T., Newell, R, Parot, Y., Pilorget, C., Pinet, P., Pont, G., Poulet, F., Quantin-Nataf, C., Quertier, B., Rapin, W., Reyes-Newell, A., Robinson, S., Rochas, L., Royer, C., Rull, F., Sautter, V., Sharma, S., Shridar, V., Sournac, A., Toplis, M., Torre-Fdez, I., Turenne, N., Udry, A., Veneranda, M., Venhaus, D., Vogt, D., Willis, P., Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - 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CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.), University of Nevada [Las Vegas] (WGU Nevada), and NASA’s Mars Exploration ProgramCNES

Subjects
Multidisciplinary, Carbon dioxide, Modélisation, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Atmospheric Turbulence, Atmospheric Sound, Microphone, Mars, Attenuation, CO2, Perseverance, Acoustic Environment
Abstract

International audience

Published
2022

30. SuperCam on the Perseverance Rover for Exploration of Jezero Crater: Remote LIBS, VISIR, Raman, and Time-Resolved Luminescence Spectroscopies Plus Micro-Imaging and Acoustics

Author

Wiens, Roger C., Maurice, Sylvestre, Gasnault, O., Anderson, Ryan B., Beyssac, Olivier, Bonal, L., Clegg, Samuel M., DeFlores, Lauren, Dromart, G, Fischer, W. W., Forni, Olivier, Grotzinger, J. P., Johnson, J. R., Martinez-Frias, J., Mangold, Nicolas, McLennan, S., Montmessin, Franck, Rull, Fernando, Sharma, Shiv K., Cousin, Agnès, Pilleri, Paolo, Sautter, V, Lewin, E, Cloutis, E., Poulet, F., Bernard, Sylvain, McConnochie, T., Lanza, N., Newsom, H., Ollila, A., Leveille, R., Le Mouelic, S., Lasue, J, Melikechi, N., Meslin, P-Y, Grasset, O, Angel, S. M., Fouchet, T., Beck, Pierre, Bousquet, Bruno, Fabre, C., Pinet, P., Benzerara, K., Montagnac, Gilles, Arana, Gorka, Castro, Kepa, Laserna, Javier, Madariaga, Juan Manuel, Manrique, Jose Antonio, Lopez, G., Lorenz, R., Mimoun, D., Acosta-Maeda, T., Alvarez, C., Dehouck, E., Delory, G., Doressoundiram, A., Francis, R., Frydenvang, J., Gabriel, T. S. J., Jacob, Xavier, Madsen, M. B., Moros, J., Murdoch, N, Newell, Raymond T., Porter, J. M., Quantin-Nataf, C., Rapin, William, Schröder, Susanne, Sobron, Pablo, Toplis, M., Brown, A.J., Veneranda, M., Chide, Baptiste, Legett, Carey, Royer, Clement, Stott, A., Vogt, David, Robinson, Scott H., DeLapp, D., Clave, E., Connell, S., Essunfeld, A., Gallegos, Z., Garcia-Florentino, C., Gibbons, E., Huidobro, J., Kelly, E., Kalucha, H., Ruiz, P., Torre-Fdez, Imanol, Shkolyar, Svetlana, 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), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Université Toulouse III - 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[SDU.ASTR.IM] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Mars2020 SuperCam Perseverance Mars Planetenforschung Spektroskopie Kamera Laser, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]
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2021

31. Oxidation Of Manganese At Kimberley, Gale Crater: More Free Oxygen In Mars' Past?

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Lanza, N. L, Wiens, R. C, Arvidson, R. E, Clark, B. C, Fischer, W. W, Gellert, R, Grotzinger, J. P, Hurowitz, J. A, McLennan, S. M, Morris, R. V, Rice, M. S, Bell, J. F., III, Berger, J. A, Blaney, D. L, Bridges, N. T, Calef, F., III, Campbell, J. L, Clegg, S. M, Cousin, A, Edgett, K. S, Fabre, C, Fisk, M. R, Forni, O, Frydenvang, J, and Ming, D. W

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Chemistry And Materials (General), Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
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High Mn concentrations provide unique indicators of water-rich environments and their redox state. Very high-potential oxidants are required to oxidize Mn to insoluble, high-valence oxides that can precipitate and concentrate Mn in rocks and sediments; these redox potentials are much higher than those needed to oxidize Fe or S. Consequently, Mn-rich rocks on Earth closely track the rise of atmospheric oxygen. Given the association between Mn-rich rocks and the redox state of surface environments, observations of anomalous Mn enrichments on Mars raise similar questions about redox history, solubility and aqueous transport, and availability as a metabolic substrate. Our observations suggest that at least some of the high Mn present in Gale crater occurs in the form of Mn-oxides filling veins that crosscut sand-stones, requiring post-depositional precipitation as highly oxidizing fluids moved through the fractured strata after their deposition and lithification.

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2015

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

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Bristow, T. F., primary, Grotzinger, J. P., additional, Rampe, E. B., additional, Cuadros, J., additional, Chipera, S. J., additional, Downs, G. W., additional, Fedo, C. M., additional, Frydenvang, J., additional, McAdam, A. C., additional, Morris, R. V., additional, Achilles, C. N., additional, Blake, D. F., additional, Castle, N., additional, Craig, P., additional, Des Marais, D. J., additional, Downs, R. T., additional, Hazen, R. M., additional, Ming, D. W., additional, Morrison, S. M., additional, Thorpe, M. T., additional, Treiman, A. H., additional, Tu, V., additional, Vaniman, D. T., additional, Yen, A. S., additional, Gellert, R., additional, Mahaffy, P. R., additional, Wiens, R. C., additional, Bryk, A. B., additional, Bennett, K. A., additional, Fox, V. K., additional, Millken, R. E., additional, Fraeman, A. A., additional, and Vasavada, A. R., additional

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2021
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33. Brine-driven destruction of clay minerals in Gale crater, Mars

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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.

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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.

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2021

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

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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.

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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.

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2021

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

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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.

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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.

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2020

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

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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.

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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.

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2020

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

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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.

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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.

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2020

38. Hydrogen Variability in the Murray Formation, Gale Crater, Mars

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Thomas, N.h., Ehlmann, B.l., Rapin, W., Rivera‐hernández, F., Stein, N.t., Frydenvang, J., Gabriel, T., Meslin, P.‐y., Maurice, S., Wiens, R.c., Thomas, N.h., Ehlmann, B.l., Rapin, W., Rivera‐hernández, F., Stein, N.t., Frydenvang, J., Gabriel, T., Meslin, P.‐y., Maurice, S., and Wiens, R.c.

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2020

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

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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.

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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.

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2020

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

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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.

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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

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2020

41. Origin and composition of three heterolithic boulder- and cobble-bearing deposits overlying the Murray and Stimson formations, Gale Crater, Mars

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Wiens, Roger C., Edgett, Kenneth S., Stack, K., Dietrich, William E., Bryk, Alexander B., Mangold, Nicolas, Bedford, Candice, Gasda, Patrick, Fairén, Alberto G., Thompson, L., Johnson, Jeff, Gasnault, Olivier, Clegg, Sam, Cousin, Agnes, Forni, Olivier, Frydenvang, J., Lanza, Nina, Maurice, Sylvestre, Newsom, H., Payré, Valerie, Rivera-Hernandez, Frances, Vasavada, Ashwin R., Wiens, Roger C., Edgett, Kenneth S., Stack, K., Dietrich, William E., Bryk, Alexander B., Mangold, Nicolas, Bedford, Candice, Gasda, Patrick, Fairén, Alberto G., Thompson, L., Johnson, Jeff, Gasnault, Olivier, Clegg, Sam, Cousin, Agnes, Forni, Olivier, Frydenvang, J., Lanza, Nina, Maurice, Sylvestre, Newsom, H., Payré, Valerie, Rivera-Hernandez, Frances, and Vasavada, Ashwin R.

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Heterolithic, boulder-containing, pebble-strewn surfaces occur along the lower slopes of Aeolis Mons (“Mt. Sharp”) in Gale crater, Mars. They were observed in HiRISE images acquired from orbit prior to the landing of the Curiosity rover. The rover was used to investigate three of these units named Blackfoot, Brandberg, and Bimbe between sols 1099 and 1410. These unconsolidated units overlie the lower Murray formation that forms the base of Mt. Sharp, and consist of pebbles, cobbles and boulders. Blackfoot also overlies portions of the Stimson formation, which consists of eolian sandstone that is understood to significantly postdate the dominantly lacustrine deposition of the Murray formation. Blackfoot is elliptical in shape (62 × 26 m), while Brandberg is nearly circular (50 × 55 m), and Bimbe is irregular in shape, covering about ten times the area of the other two. The largest boulders are 1.5–2.5 m in size and are interpreted to be sandstones. As seen from orbit, some boulders are light-toned and others are dark-toned. Rover-based observations show that both have the same gray appearance from the ground and their apparently different albedos in orbital observations result from relatively flat sky-facing surfaces. Chemical observations show that two clasts of fine sandstone at Bimbe have similar compositions and morphologies to nine ChemCam targets observed early in the mission, near Yellowknife Bay, including the Bathurst Inlet outcrop, and to at least one target (Pyramid Hills, Sol 692) and possibly a cap rock unit just north of Hidden Valley, locations that are several kilometers apart in distance and tens of meters in elevation. These findings may suggest the earlier existence of draping strata, like the Stimson formation, that would have overlain the current surface from Bimbe to Yellowknife Bay. Compositionally these extinct strata could be related to the Siccar Point group to which the Stimson formation belongs. Dark, massive sandstone blocks at Bimbe are

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2020

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

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Fraeman, A. A., primary, Edgar, L. A., additional, Rampe, E. B., additional, Thompson, L. M., additional, Frydenvang, J., additional, Fedo, C. M., additional, Catalano, J. G., additional, Dietrich, W. E., additional, Gabriel, T. S. J., additional, Vasavada, A. R., additional, Grotzinger, J. P., additional, L'Haridon, J., additional, Mangold, N., additional, Sun, V. Z., additional, House, C. H., additional, Bryk, A. B., additional, Hardgrove, C., additional, Czarnecki, S., additional, Stack, K. M., additional, Morris, R. V., additional, Arvidson, R. E., additional, Banham, S. G., additional, Bennett, K. A., additional, Bridges, J. C., additional, Edwards, C. S., additional, Fischer, W. W., additional, Fox, V. K., additional, Gupta, S., additional, Horgan, B. H. N., additional, Jacob, S. R., additional, Johnson, J. R., additional, Johnson, S. S., additional, Rubin, D. M., additional, Salvatore, M. R., additional, Schwenzer, S. P., additional, Siebach, K. L., additional, Stein, N. T., additional, Turner, S. M. R., additional, Wellington, D. F., additional, Wiens, R. C., additional, Williams, A. J., additional, David, G., additional, and Wong, G. M., additional

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2020
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43. Iron Mobility During Diagenesis at Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater, Mars

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L'Haridon, J., primary, Mangold, N., additional, Fraeman, A. A., additional, Johnson, J. R., additional, Cousin, A., additional, Rapin, W., additional, David, G., additional, Dehouck, E., additional, Sun, V., additional, Frydenvang, J., additional, Gasnault, O., additional, Gasda, P., additional, Lanza, N., additional, Forni, O., additional, Meslin, P.‐Y., additional, Schwenzer, S. P., additional, Bridges, J., additional, Horgan, B., additional, House, C. H., additional, Salvatore, M., additional, Maurice, S., additional, and Wiens, R. C., additional

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2020
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44. The Chemostratigraphy of the Murray Formation and Role of Diagenesis at Vera Rubin Ridge in Gale Crater, Mars, as Observed by the ChemCam Instrument

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Frydenvang, J., primary, Mangold, N., additional, Wiens, R. C., additional, Fraeman, A. A., additional, Edgar, L. A., additional, Fedo, C. M., additional, L'Haridon, J., additional, Bedford, C. C., additional, Gupta, S., additional, Grotzinger, J. P., additional, Bridges, J. C., additional, Clark, B. C., additional, Rampe, E. B., additional, Gasnault, O., additional, Maurice, S., additional, Gasda, P. J., additional, Lanza, N. L., additional, Olilla, A. M., additional, Meslin, P.‐Y., additional, Payré, V., additional, Calef, F., additional, Salvatore, M., additional, and House, C. H., additional

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2020
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46. Boron and Lithium in Calcium Sulfate Veins: Tracking Precipitation of Diagenetic Materials in Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater

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Das, D., primary, Gasda, P. J., additional, Wiens, R. C., additional, Berlo, K., additional, Leveille, R. J., additional, Frydenvang, J., additional, Mangold, N., additional, Kronyak, R. E., additional, Schwenzer, S. P., additional, Forni, O., additional, Cousin, A., additional, Maurice, S., additional, and Gasnault, O., additional

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2020
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47. Identification and Description of a Silicic Volcaniclastic Layer in Gale Crater, Mars, Using Active Neutron Interrogation

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Czarnecki, S., primary, Hardgrove, C., additional, Gasda, P. J., additional, Gabriel, T. S. J., additional, Starr, M., additional, Rice, M. S., additional, Frydenvang, J., additional, Wiens, R. C., additional, Rapin, W., additional, Nikiforov, S., additional, Lisov, D., additional, Litvak, M., additional, Calef, F., additional, Gengl, H., additional, Newsom, H., additional, Thompson, L., additional, and Nowicki, S., additional

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2020
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48. Quantification of water content by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy on Mars

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William Rapin, Y Meslin, P., Maurice, S., Wiens, R. C., Didier Laporte, Chauviré, B., Olivier Gasnault, Schröders, S., Beck, P., Bender, S., Beyssac, O., Cousin, A., Dehouck, E., Drouet, C., Forni, O., Nachon, M., Melikechi, N., Rondeau, B., Mangold, N., Thomas, N., Lasue, J., Fabre, C., Frydenvang, J., J-L, Lacour, 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), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans (LMV), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement et la société-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand (OPGC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM), Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Optical Science Center for Applied Research (OSCAR), Delaware State University (DSU), University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU), 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 national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement et la société-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand (OPGC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH)

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[SDU.STU.PE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Petrography, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
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International audience

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2019

49. Analysis of Calcium Sulfate-Cemented Sandstones and Veins Along the MSL Traverse, Gale Crater, Mars

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Baker, A. M., Ganter, G. E., Nellessen, M. A., Newsom, H. E., Jackson, R. S., Nachon, M., Rivera-Hernandez, F., William Rapin, Wiens, R. C., Frydenvang, J., Gasda, P., Lanza, N., Ollila, A., Clegg, S., Gasnault, O., Maurice, S., Y Meslin, P., Cousin, A., Rapin, W., Lasue, J., Forni, O., Haridon, J. L., Blaney, D., Payre, V., Mangold, N., Ledeit, L., Anderson, R., Institute of Meteoritics [Albuquerque] (IOM), The University of New Mexico [Albuquerque], Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), 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), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique [UMR 6112] (LPG), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (UN UFR ST), and Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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[SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology
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International audience; We have confirmed the likely presence of Ca-S cement (interpenetrating a silicate matrix) in many ChemCam analyses using the typical 25 dust free shots on each target point to assess homogeneity of targets that are a mixture of Ca-S and silicate.

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2019

50. MSL/ChemCam at Glen Torridon: Geochemistry of the Orbitally-Identified Clay-Bearing Unit of Gale Crater

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Dehouck, E., Cousin, A., Mangold, N., Frydenvang, J., Lasue, J., Meslin, P.-Y., Gasnault, O., Fox, V. K., Bennett, K. A., Maurice, S., Wiens, R. C., Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique [UMR 6112] (LPG), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (UN UFR ST), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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)

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[SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology
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International audience; Data collected by MSL/ChemCam in the clay-bearing terrains of Glen Torridon, Gale crater, show that two compositionally-distinct types of bedrock (Mg-rich and K-rich) are present and that both bear geochemical evidence for open-system alteration.

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2019

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