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4. 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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5. Two Years at Meridiani Planum: Results from the Opportunity Rover

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Squyres, S. W., Knoll, A. H., Arvidson, R. E., Clark, B. C., Grotzinger, J. P., Jolliff, B. L., McLennan, S. M., Tosca, N., Bell, J. F., Calvin, W. M., Farrand, W. H., Glotch, T. D., Golombek, M. P., Herkenhoff, K. E., Johnson, J. R., Klingelhöfer, G., McSween, H. Y., and Yen, A. S.

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2006

6. Results From Insight’s First Full Martian Year

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Wieczorek, M, Weber, R, Warner, N, Tromp, J, Teanby, N, Stanley, S, Stahler, S, Spohn, T, Spiga, A, Siegler, M, Schmerr, N, Rodriguez-Manfredi, P.J.A, Plesa, A.-C, Pike, W.T, Nimmo, Francis, Newman, C, Nagihara, S, Müller, N, Morgan, P, Mittelholz, A, Mimoun, D, Michaut, C, McLennan, S, Margerin, L, Maki, J, Lorenz, R, Lognonné, P, Lemmon, M, Knapmeyer-Endrun, B, King, S, Khan, A, Kedar, S, Kawamura, Taichi, Kargl, G, Joshi, R, Johnson, C, Irving, J, Hudson, T, Grygorczuk, J, Grott, M, Grant, J, Golombek, M, Giardini, D, Garvin, J, Garcia, R, Folkner, W, Fillingim, M, Dehant, V, Daubar, I, Collins, G, Clinton, J, Christensen, U, Chi, P, Ceylan, S, Brinkman, N, Bozdag, Ebru, Bowles, Neil, Bissig, F, Beucler, E, Beghein, C, Banfield, D, Asmar, S, Antonangeli, D, Smrekar, S, Banerdt, W. B, and Panning, M.P

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2021

7. Results From Insight’s First Full Martian Year

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Panning, M.P, Banerdt, W. B, Smrekar, S, Antonangeli, D, Asmar, S, Banfield, D, Beghein, C, Beucler, E, Bissig, F, Bowles, Neil, Bozdag, Ebru, Brinkman, N, Ceylan, S, Chi, P, Christensen, U, Clinton, J, Collins, G, Daubar, I, Dehant, V, Fillingim, M, Folkner, W, Garcia, R, Garvin, J, Giardini, D, Golombek, M, Grant, J, Grott, M, Grygorczuk, J, Hudson, T, Irving, J, Johnson, C, Joshi, R, Kargl, G, Kawamura, Taichi, Kedar, S, Khan, A, King, S, Knapmeyer-Endrun, B, Lemmon, M, Lognonné, P, Lorenz, R, Maki, J, Margerin, L, McLennan, S, Michaut, C, Mimoun, D, Mittelholz, A, Morgan, P, Müller, N, Nagihara, S, Newman, C, Nimmo, Francis, Pike, W.T, Plesa, A.-C, Rodriguez-Manfredi, P.J.A, Schmerr, N, Siegler, M, Spiga, A, Spohn, T, Stahler, S, Stanley, S, Teanby, N, Tromp, J, Warner, N, Weber, R, and Wieczorek, M

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2021

8. Soils of Eagle Crater and Meridiani Planum at the Opportunity Rover Landing Site

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Soderblom, L. A., Anderson, R. C., Arvidson, R. E., Bell, J. F., Cabrol, N. A., Calvin, W., Christensen, P. R., Clark, B. C., Economou, T., Ehlmann, B. L., Farrand, W. H., Fike, D., Gellert, R., Glotch, T. D., Golombek, M. P., Greeley, R., Grotzinger, J. P., Herkenhoff, K. E., Jerolmack, D. J., Johnson, J. R., Jolliff, B., Klingelhöfer, G., Knoll, A. H., Learner, Z. A., Li, R., Malin, M. C., McLennan, S. M., McSween, H. Y., Ming, D. W., Morris, R. V., Rice, J. W., Richter, L., Rieder, R., Rodionov, D., Schröder, C., Seelos, F. P., Soderblom, J. M., Squyres, S. W., Sullivan, R., Watters, W. A., Weitz, C. M., Wyatt, M. B., Yen, A., and Zipfel, J.

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2004

9. The Opportunity Rover's Athena Science Investigation at Meridiani Planum, Mars

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Squyres, S. W., Arvidson, R. E., Bell, J. F., Brückner, J., Cabrol, N. A., Calvin, W., Carr, M. H., Christensen, P. R., Clark, B. C., Crumpler, L., d'Uston, C., Economou, T., Farmer, J., Farrand, W., Folkner, W., Golombek, M., Gorevan, S., Grant, J. A., Greeley, R., Grotzinger, J., Haskin, L., Herkenhoff, K. E., Hviid, S., Johnson, J., Klingelhöfer, G., Knoll, A. H., Landis, G., Lemmon, M., Li, R., Madsen, M. B., Malin, M. C., McLennan, S. M., McSween, H. Y., Ming, D. W., Moersch, J., Morris, R. V., Parker, T., Rice, J. W., Richter, L., Rieder, R., Sims, M., Smith, M., Smith, P., Soderblom, L. A., Sullivan, R., Wänke, H., Wdowiak, T., Wolff, M., and Yen, A.

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2004

10. In Situ Evidence for an Ancient Aqueous Environment at Meridiani Planum, Mars

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Squyres, S. W., Grotzinger, J. P., Arvidson, R. E., Bell, J. F., Calvin, W., Christensen, P. R., Clark, B. C., Crisp, J. A., Farrand, W. H., Herkenhoff, K. E., Johnson, J. R., Klingelhöfer, G., Knoll, A. H., McLennan, S. M., McSween, H. Y., Morris, R. V., Rice, J. W., Rieder, R., and Soderblom, L. A.

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2004

11. Evidence from Opportunity's Microscopic Imager for Water on Meridiani Planum

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Herkenhoff, K. E., Squyres, S. W., Arvidson, R., Bass, D. S., Bell, J. F., Bertelsen, P., Ehlmann, B. L., Farrand, W., Gaddis, L., Greeley, R., Grotzinger, J., Hayes, A. G., Hviid, S. F., Johnson, J. R., Jolliff, B., Kinch, K. M., Knoll, A. H., Madsen, M. B., Maki, J. N., McLennan, S. M., McSween, H. Y., Ming, D. W., Rice, J. W., Richter, L., Sims, M., Smith, P. H., Soderblom, L. A., Spanovich, N., Sullivan, R., Thompson, S., Wdowiak, T., Weitz, C., and Whelley, P.

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2004

12. Pancam Multispectral Imaging Results from the Opportunity Rover at Meridiani Planum

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Bell, J. F., Squyres, S. W., Arvidson, R. E., Arneson, H. M., Bass, D., Calvin, W., Farrand, W. H., Goetz, W., Golombek, M., Greeley, R., Grotzinger, J., Guinness, E., Hayes, A. G., Hubbard, M. Y. H., Herkenhoff, K. E., Johnson, M. J., Johnson, J. R., Joseph, J., Kinch, K. M., Lemmon, M. T., Li, R., Madsen, M. B., Maki, J. N., Malin, M., McCartney, E., McLennan, S., McSween, H. Y., Ming, D. W., Morris, R. V., Parker, T. J., Proton, J., Rice, J. W., Seelos, F., Soderblom, J. M., Soderblom, L. A., Sohl-Dickstein, J. N., Sullivan, R. J., Weitz, C. M., and Wolff, M. J.

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2004

13. Basaltic Rocks Analyzed by the Spirit Rover in Gusev Crater

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McSween, H. Y., Arvidson, R. E., Bell, J. F., Blaney, D., Cabrol, N. A., Christensen, P. R., Clark, B. C., Crisp, J. A., Crumpler, L. S., Farmer, J. D., Gellert, R., Ghosh, A., Gorevan, S., Graff, T., Grant, J., Haskin, L. A., Herkenhoff, K. E., Johnson, J. R., Jolliff, B. L., Klingelhoefer, G., Knudson, A. T., McLennan, S., Milam, K. A., Moersch, J. E., Morris, R. V., Rieder, R., Ruff, S. W., de Souza, P. A., Squyres, S. W., Wänke, H., Wang, A., Wyatt, M. B., Yen, A., and Zipfel, J.

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2004

14. Wind-Related Processes Detected by the Spirit Rover at Gusev Crater, Mars

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Greeley, R., Squyres, S. W., Arvidson, R. E., Bartlett, P., Bell, J. F., Blaney, D., Cabrol, N. A., Farmer, J., Farrand, B., Golombek, M. P., Gorevan, S. P., Grant, J. A., Haldemann, A. F. C., Herkenhoff, K. E., Johnson, J., Landis, G., Madsen, M. B., McLennan, S. M., Moersch, J., Rice, J. W., Richter, L., Ruff, S., Sullivan, R. J., Thompson, S. D., Wang, A., Weitz, C. M., and Whelley, P.

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2004

15. The Spirit Rover's Athena Science Investigation at Gusev Crater, Mars

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Squyres, S. W., Arvidson, R. E., Bell, J. F., Brückner, J., Cabrol, N. A., Calvin, W., Carr, M. H., Christensen, P. R., Clark, B. C., Crumpler, L., d'Uston, C., Economou, T., Farmer, J., Farrand, W., Folkner, W., Golombek, M., Gorevan, S., Grant, J. A., Greeley, R., Grotzinger, J., Haskin, L., Herkenhoff, K. E., Hviid, S., Johnson, J., Klingelhöfer, G., Knoll, A., Landis, G., Lemmon, M., Li, R., Madsen, M. B., Malin, M. C., McLennan, S. M., McSween, H. Y., Ming, D. W., Moersch, J., Morris, R. V., Parker, T., Rice, J. W., Richter, L., Rieder, R., Sims, M., Smith, M., Smith, P., Soderblom, L. A., Sullivan, R., Wänke, H., Wdowiak, T., Wolff, M., and Yen, A.

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2004

16. Pancam Multispectral Imaging Results from the Spirit Rover at Gusev Crater

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Bell, J. F., Squyres, S. W., Arvidson, R. E., Arneson, H. M., Bass, D., Blaney, D., Cabrol, N., Calvin, W., Farmer, J., Farrand, W. H., Goetz, W., Golombek, M., Grant, J. A., Greeley, R., Guinness, E., Hayes, A. G., Hubbard, M. Y. H., Herkenhoff, K. E., Johnson, M. J., Johnson, J. R., Joseph, J., Kinch, K. M., Lemmon, M. T., Li, R., Madsen, M. B., Maki, J. N., Malin, M., McCartney, E., McLennan, S., McSween, H. Y., Ming, D. W., Moersch, J. E., Morris, R. V., Parker, T. J., Proton, J., Rice, J. W., Seelos, F., Soderblom, J., Soderblom, L. A., Sohl-Dickstein, J. N., Sullivan, R. J., Wolff, M. J., and Wang, A.

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2004

17. 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

19. Global Crustal Thickness Revealed by Surface Waves Orbiting Mars

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Kim, D., primary, Duran, C., additional, Giardini, D., additional, Plesa, A.‐C., additional, Stähler, S. C., additional, Boehm, C., additional, Lekić, V., additional, McLennan, S. M., additional, Ceylan, S., additional, Clinton, J. F., additional, Davis, P., additional, Khan, A., additional, Knapmeyer‐Endrun, B., additional, Panning, M. P., additional, Wieczorek, M., additional, Lognonné, P., additional, and Banerdt, W. B., additional

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2023
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20. Samples Collected From the Floor of Jezero Crater With the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover

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Simon, J. I., primary, Hickman‐Lewis, K., additional, Cohen, B. A., additional, Mayhew, L. E., additional, Shuster, D. L., additional, Debaille, V., additional, Hausrath, E. M., additional, Weiss, B. P., additional, Bosak, T., additional, Zorzano, M.‐P., additional, Amundsen, H. E. F., additional, Beegle, L. W., additional, Bell, J. F., additional, Benison, K. C., additional, Berger, E. L., additional, Beyssac, O., additional, Brown, A. J., additional, Calef, F., additional, Casademont, T. M., additional, Clark, B., additional, Clavé, E., additional, Crumpler, L., additional, Czaja, A. D., additional, Fairén, A. G., additional, Farley, K. A., additional, Flannery, D. T., additional, Fornaro, T., additional, Forni, O., additional, Gómez, F., additional, Goreva, Y., additional, Gorin, A., additional, Hand, K. P., additional, Hamran, S.‐E., additional, Henneke, J., additional, Herd, C. D. K., additional, Horgan, B. H. N., additional, Johnson, J. R., additional, Joseph, J., additional, Kronyak, R. E., additional, Madariaga, J. M., additional, Maki, J. N., additional, Mandon, L., additional, McCubbin, F. M., additional, McLennan, S. M., additional, Moeller, R. C., additional, Newman, C. E., additional, Núñez, J. I., additional, Pascuzzo, A. C., additional, Pedersen, D. A., additional, Poggiali, G., additional, Pinet, P., additional, Quantin‐Nataf, C., additional, Rice, M., additional, Rice, J. W., additional, Royer, C., additional, Schmidt, M., additional, Sephton, M., additional, Sharma, S., additional, Siljeström, S., additional, Stack, K. M., additional, Steele, A., additional, Sun, V. Z., additional, Udry, A., additional, VanBommel, S., additional, Wadhwa, M., additional, Wiens, R. C., additional, Williams, A. J., additional, and Williford, K. H., additional

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2023
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21. Utilising geochemical data for the identification and characterisation of mineral exploration sample media within cover sequence materials.

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Tiddy, C. J., Hill, S. M., Giles, D., van der Hoek, B. G., Normington, V. J., Anand, R. R., Baudet, E., Custance, K., Hill, R., Johnson, A., McLennan, S., Mitchell, C., Zivak, D., Salama, W., Stoate, K., and Wolff, K.

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PROSPECTING, SAND, WATERSHEDS, GEOCHEMISTRY, WEATHERING
Abstract

A first pass workflow for placing cover sequence materials into four broad lithological groups using A-CNK-FM (Al2O3-CaOþNa2OþK2O-Fe2O3þMgO) and A-CN-K (Al2O3-CaOþNa2O-K2O) ternary diagrams in conjunction with the SiO2 vs Al2O3, Fe2O3 and CaO plus the Ca versus Sr XY diagrams has been derived from lithological logging and laboratory whole-rock geochemistry of 2346 samples. These lithological groups include siliciclastics (quartz sands and clays), weathered material, carbonate lithologies (marine limestone, pedogenic carbonate and compositions intermediate between the two end members) and ferruginous lithologies (including ferricrete and ferruginous sediments). Depositional, weathering and groundwater processes influence sample geochemistry during or after the formation of the material and will influence where the sample will plot on the geochemical diagrams used in this study. Geochemical data for discrete lithologies targeted during sampling (e.g. carbonate lithologies) clusters on diagrams used in the geochemical workflow, whereas data from targeted stratigraphic horizons (e.g. basement-cover interface) are more variable. The ability to characterise rock types that are texturally defined using the geochemical workflow is limited. For instance, the geochemistry of diamictite/conglomerate samples is dependent on the matrix versus clast content and composition as well as the source rock and catchment area. This workflow has the potential to be applied in a mineral exploration environment for rapid interpretation of real-time geochemical (e.g. portable XRF) data to gain an understanding of background geochemistry and geochemical signatures that may be related to underlying mineralisation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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23. A Mars 2020 Perseverance SuperCam Perspective on the Igneous Nature of the Máaz Formation at Jezero Crater and Link With Séítah, Mars

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Udry, A., Ostwald, A., Sautter, V., Cousin, A., Beyssac, O., Forni, O., Dromart, G., Benzerara, K., Nachon, M., Horgan, B., Mandon, L., Clavé, E., Dehouck, E., Gibbons, E., Alwmark, S., Ravanis, E., Wiens, R. C., Legett, C., Anderson, R., Pilleri, P., Mangold, N., Schmidt, M., Liu, Y., Núñez, J. I., Castro, K., Madariaga, J. M., Kizovski, T., Beck, P., Bernard, S., Bosak, T., Brown, A., Clegg, S., Cloutis, E., Cohen, B., Connell, S., Crumpler, L., Debaille, V., Flannery, D., Fouchet, T., Gabriel, T. S.J., Gasnault, O., Herd, C. D.K., Johnson, J., Manrique, J. A., Maurice, S., McCubbin, F. M., McLennan, S., Ollila, A., Pinet, P., Quantin-Nataf, C., Udry, A., Ostwald, A., Sautter, V., Cousin, A., Beyssac, O., Forni, O., Dromart, G., Benzerara, K., Nachon, M., Horgan, B., Mandon, L., Clavé, E., Dehouck, E., Gibbons, E., Alwmark, S., Ravanis, E., Wiens, R. C., Legett, C., Anderson, R., Pilleri, P., Mangold, N., Schmidt, M., Liu, Y., Núñez, J. I., Castro, K., Madariaga, J. M., Kizovski, T., Beck, P., Bernard, S., Bosak, T., Brown, A., Clegg, S., Cloutis, E., Cohen, B., Connell, S., Crumpler, L., Debaille, V., Flannery, D., Fouchet, T., Gabriel, T. S.J., Gasnault, O., Herd, C. D.K., Johnson, J., Manrique, J. A., Maurice, S., McCubbin, F. M., McLennan, S., Ollila, A., Pinet, P., and Quantin-Nataf, C.

Abstract

The Máaz formation consists of the first lithologies in Jezero crater analyzed by the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. This formation, investigated from Sols (Martian days) 1 to 201 and from Sols 343 to 382, overlies the Séítah formation (previously described as an olivine-rich cumulate) and was initially suggested to represent an igneous crater floor unit based on orbital analyses. Using SuperCam data, we conducted a detailed textural, chemical, and mineralogical analyses of the Máaz formation and the Content member of the Séítah formation. We conclude that the Máaz formation and the Content member are igneous and consist of different lava flows and/or possibly pyroclastic flows with complex textures, including vesicular and non-vesicular rocks with different grain sizes. The Máaz formation rocks exhibit some of the lowest Mg# (=molar 100 × MgO/MgO + FeO) of all Martian igneous rocks analyzed so far (including meteorites and surface rocks) and show similar basaltic to basaltic-andesitic compositions. Their mineralogy is dominated by Fe-rich augite to possibly ferrosilite and plagioclase, and minor phases such as Fe-Ti oxides and Si-rich phases. They show a broad diversity of both compositions and textures when compared to Martian meteorites and other surface rocks. The different Máaz and Content lava or pyroclastic flows all originate from the same parental magma and/or the same magmatic system, but are not petrogenetically linked to the Séítah formation. The study of returned Máaz samples in Earth-based laboratories will help constrain the formation of these rocks, calibrate Martian crater counting, and overall, improve our understanding of magmatism on Mars.

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2023

24. Samples Collected from the Floor of Jezero Crater with the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover

Author

Simon, J. I., Hickman-Lewis, K., Cohen, B. A., Mayhew, L.E., Shuster, D.L., Debaille, V., Hausrath, E. M., Weiss, B.P., Bosak, T., Zorzano, M.-P., Amundsen, H. E. F., Beegle, L.W., Bell III, J.F., Benison, K. C., Berger, E. L., Beyssac, O., Brown, A.J., Calef, F., Casademont, T. M., Clark, B., Clavé, E., Crumpler, L., Czaja, A. D., Fairén, A. G., Farley, K. A., Flannery, D. T., Fornaro, T., Forni, O., Gómez, F., Goreva, Y., Gorin, A., Hand, K. P., Hamran, S.-E., Henneke, J., Herd, C. D. K., Horgan, B. H. N., Johnson, J. R., Joseph, J., Kronyak, R. E., Madariaga, J. M., Maki, J. N., Mandon, L., McCubbin, F. M., McLennan, S. M., Moeller, R. C., Newman, C. E., Núñez, J. I., Pascuzzo, A. C., Pedersen, D. A., Poggiali, G., Pinet, P., Quantin-Nataf, C., Rice, M., Rice Jr., J. W., Royer, C., Schmidt, M., Sephton, M., Sharma, S., Siljeström, S., Stack, K. M., Steele, A., Sun, V. Z., Udry, A., VanBommel, S., Wadhwa, M., Wiens, R. C., Williams, A. J., Williford, K. H., Simon, J. I., Hickman-Lewis, K., Cohen, B. A., Mayhew, L.E., Shuster, D.L., Debaille, V., Hausrath, E. M., Weiss, B.P., Bosak, T., Zorzano, M.-P., Amundsen, H. E. F., Beegle, L.W., Bell III, J.F., Benison, K. C., Berger, E. L., Beyssac, O., Brown, A.J., Calef, F., Casademont, T. M., Clark, B., Clavé, E., Crumpler, L., Czaja, A. D., Fairén, A. G., Farley, K. A., Flannery, D. T., Fornaro, T., Forni, O., Gómez, F., Goreva, Y., Gorin, A., Hand, K. P., Hamran, S.-E., Henneke, J., Herd, C. D. K., Horgan, B. H. N., Johnson, J. R., Joseph, J., Kronyak, R. E., Madariaga, J. M., Maki, J. N., Mandon, L., McCubbin, F. M., McLennan, S. M., Moeller, R. C., Newman, C. E., Núñez, J. I., Pascuzzo, A. C., Pedersen, D. A., Poggiali, G., Pinet, P., Quantin-Nataf, C., Rice, M., Rice Jr., J. W., Royer, C., Schmidt, M., Sephton, M., Sharma, S., Siljeström, S., Stack, K. M., Steele, A., Sun, V. Z., Udry, A., VanBommel, S., Wadhwa, M., Wiens, R. C., Williams, A. J., and Williford, K. H.

Abstract

The first samples collected by the Mars 2020 mission represent units exposed on the Jezero Crater floor, from the potentially oldest Séítah formation outcrops to the potentially youngest rocks of the heavily cratered Máaz formation. Surface investigations reveal landscape-to-microscopic textural, mineralogical, and geochemical evidence for igneous lithologies, some possibly emplaced as lava flows. The samples contain major rock-forming minerals such as pyroxene, olivine, and feldspar, accessory minerals including oxides and phosphates, and evidence for various degrees of aqueous activity in the form of water-soluble salt, carbonate, sulfate, iron oxide, and iron silicate minerals. Following sample return, the compositions and ages of these variably altered igneous rocks are expected to reveal the geophysical and geochemical nature of the planet’s interior at the time of emplacement, characterize martian magmatism, and place timing constraints on geologic processes, both in Jezero Crater and more widely on Mars. Petrographic observations and geochemical analyses, coupled with geochronology of secondary minerals, can also reveal the timing of aqueous activity as well as constrain the chemical and physical conditions of the environments in which these minerals precipitated, and the nature and composition of organic compounds preserved in association with these phases. Returned samples from these units will help constrain the crater chronology of Mars and the global evolution of the planet’s interior, for understanding the processes that formed Jezero Crater floor units, and for constraining the style and duration of aqueous activity in Jezero Crater, past habitability, and cycling of organic elements in Jezero Crater.

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2023

25. Evaluating the appropriateness of risk-based approaches to assess the sustainability of fishery impacts on seabirds

Author

Good, S.D., Gummery, M., McLennan, S., Dewar, K., Votier, S.C., Phillips, R.A., Good, S.D., Gummery, M., McLennan, S., Dewar, K., Votier, S.C., and Phillips, R.A.

Abstract

Many seabird populations are declining, with fisheries bycatch as one of the greatest threats. Explicit risk criteria should be used to identify whether bycatch is a problem for particular species and fisheries, but these are often poorly defined. A variety of methods are used to determine the risk that a specific fishery is having an unsustainable impact on a seabird population. Up until October 2022, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) applied a general semi-quantitative productivity susceptibility analysis (PSA), a tool that has also been used widely by other management agencies for diverse taxa. Given the need to ensure fisheries risk assessments are robust and consistent, we examined how general PSAs perform when applied in 2 situations with good information on both the seabird population and fisheries bycatch rates and compare the outputs with those from 2 accessible and more quantitative tools: potential biological removal and population viability analysis. We found that risk scoring using the previous MSC version of the PSA was less robust and precautionary than using other approaches, given the steep declines observed in some seabird breeding populations. We make recommendations on how to select attributes for species-specific PSAs and, depending on the data available, identify the most appropriate risk assessment method to achieve a given objective. These should help ensure more consistent assessment and prioritisation of seabird bycatch issues, and improved ecosystem-based management of fisheries.

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2023

29. Petrological traverse of the olivine cumulate Séítah formation at Jezero crater, Mars : A perspective from SuperCam onboard Perseverance

Author

Beyssac, O., Forni, O., Cousin, A., Udry, A., Kah, L.C., Mandon, L., Clavé, E., Liu, Y., Poulet, F., Quantin Nataf, C., Gasnault, O., Johnson, J., Benzerara, K., Beck, P., Dehouck, E., Mangold, N., Alvarez Llamas, C., Anderson, R., Arana, G., Barnes, R., Bernard, S., Bosak, T., Brown, A.J., Castro, K., Chide, B., Clegg, S., Cloutis, E., Fouchet, T., Gabriel, T., Gupta, S., Lacombe, G., Lasue, J., Le Mouelic, S., Lopez‐Reyes, G., Madariaga, J.M., McCubbin, F.M., McLennan, S., Manrique, J.A., Meslin, P.Y., Montmessin, F., Núñez, J., Ollila, A.M., Ostwald, A., Pilleri, P., Pinet, P., Royer, C., Sharma, S.K., Schröder, Susanne, Simon, J.I., Toplis, M.J., Veneranda, M., Willis, P.A., Maurice, S., Wiens, R.C., 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), 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), Department of Geoscience [Las Vegas], University of Nevada [Las Vegas] (WGU Nevada), Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences [Knoxville], The University of Tennessee [Knoxville], 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), Centre d'Etudes Lasers Intenses et Applications (CELIA), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), 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), 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), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD] (APL), Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences - Angers (LPG-ANGERS), 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)-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 (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université (Nantes Univ), Department of Analytical Chemistry [Malaga], Universidad de Málaga [Málaga] = University of Málaga [Málaga], Astrogeology Science Center [Flagstaff], United States Geological Survey [Reston] (USGS), Department of Analytical Chemistry [Leioa], University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Department of Earth Science and Engineering [Imperial College London], Imperial College London, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [MIT, Cambridge] (EAPS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Plancius Research LLC, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), University of Winnipeg, Laboratoire Energie Signal Images et Automatique [Univ Ngaoundéré] (LESIA), Université de Ngaoundéré/University of Ngaoundéré [Cameroun] (UN), Universidad de Valladolid [Valladolid] (UVa), NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC), NASA, Department of Geosciences [Stony Brook], Stony Brook University [SUNY] (SBU), State University of New York (SUNY)-State University of New York (SUNY), 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), Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP), University of Hawai‘i [Mānoa] (UHM), DLR Institute of Optical Sensor Systems, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt [Berlin] (DLR), Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences [West Lafayette] (EAPS), and Purdue University [West Lafayette]

Subjects
spectroscopy, LIBS, m2020, Mars, Perseverance, Jezero, Jezero crater, reflectance spectroscopy, in-situ, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], rover, Seitah, VisIR, Raman, in-situ science
Abstract

International audience; Séítah is the stratigraphically lowest formation visited by Perseverance in the Jezero crater floor. We present the data obtained by SuperCam: texture by imagery, chemistry by LIBS, and mineralogy by VISIR and Raman spectroscopy. The Séítah formation consists of igneous, weakly altered, rocks dominated by millimeter-size grains of olivine with the presence of low-Ca and high-Ca pyroxenes, and other primary minerals (e.g., plagioclase, Cr-Fe-Ti oxides, phosphates). Along a ∼140 m long section in Séítah, SuperCam analyses showed evidence of geochemical and mineralogical variations, from the contact with the overlying Máaz formation, going deeper in the formation. Bulk rock and olivine Mg#, grain size, olivine content increase gradually further from the contact. Along the section, olivine Mg# are not in equilibrium with the bulk rock Mg#, indicating local olivine accumulation. These observations are consistent with Séítah being the deep ultramafic member of a cumulate series derived from the fractional crystallization and slow cooling of the parent magma at depth. Possible magmatic processes and exhumation mechanisms of Séítah are discussed. Séítah rocks show some affinity with some rocks at Gusev crater, and with some martian meteorites suggesting that such rocks are not rare on the surface of Mars. Séítah is part of the Nili Fossae regional olivine-carbonate unit observed from orbit. Future exploration of Perseverance on the rim and outside of the crater will help determine if the observations from the crater floor can be extrapolated to the whole unit, or if this unit is composed of distinct sub-units with various origins.

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2023
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30. The Sedimentary History of Mars as Observed by Rovers

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Rampe, E. B, Arvidson, R. E, Edgar, L. A, Edgett, K. S, Fedo, C. M, Fraeman, A. A, Grotzinger, J. P, McLennan, S. M, Ming, D. W, Morris, R. V, Siebach, K. L, and Sullivan, R. J

Subjects
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Abstract

Mars has a sedimentary history that spans billions of years. Orbital images have allowed for the identification of vast regional sedimentary deposits that can be traced over 100s of kilometers and are 100s of meters thick including localized alluvial, deltaic, and lacustrine deposits. Detections of secondary minerals in these deposits from orbital spectroscopy suggest the aqueous history of early Mars varied as a function of space and time. Orbital observations, however, provide a simplified and incomplete picture of Mars’ sedimentary history because measurements for inferring sediment transport and deposition, such as lithology, grain size, and internal structures, and measurements for inferring sediment source and aqueous alteration, such as outcrop-scale mineralogic and geochemical composition and diagenetic features, cannot be identified from orbit. Rover observations have significantly enhanced our view of ancient and modern sedimentary environments on Mars, resulting in detailed reconstructions of paleo-environments and habitability.

Published
2019

31. Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars

Author

Grotzinger, J. P., Gupta, S., Malin, M. C., Rubin, D. M., Schieber, J., Siebach, K., Sumner, D. Y., Stack, K. M., Vasavada, A. R., Arvidson, R. E., Calef, F., Edgar, L., Fischer, W. F., Grant, J. A., Griffes, J., Kah, L. C., Lamb, M. P., Lewis, K. W., Mangold, N., Minitti, M. E., Palucis, M., Rice, M., Williams, R. M. E., Yingst, R. A., Blake, D., Blaney, D., Conrad, P., Crisp, J., Dietrich, W. E., Dromart, G., Edgett, K. S., Ewing, R. C., Gellert, R., Hurowitz, J. A., Kocurek, G., Mahaffy, P., McBride, M. J., McLennan, S. M., Mischna, M., Ming, D., Milliken, R., Newsom, H., Oehler, D., Parker, T. J., Vaniman, D., Wiens, R. C., and Wilson, S. A.

Published
2015

32. Textures of the Soils and Rocks at Gusev Crater from Spirit's Microscopic Imager

Author

Herkenhoff, K. E., Squyres, S. W., Arvidson, R., Bass, D. S., Bell, J. F., Bertelsen, P., Cabrol, N. A., Gaddis, L., Hayes, A. G., Hviid, S. F., Johnson, J. R., Kinch, K. M., Madsen, M. B., Maki, J. N., McLennan, S. M., McSween, H. Y., Rice, J. W., Sims, M., Smith, P. H., Soderblom, L. A., Spanovich, N., Sullivan, R., and Wang, A.

Published
2004

33. Surface waves and crustal structure on Mars

Author

Kim, D., primary, Banerdt, W. B., additional, Ceylan, S., additional, Giardini, D., additional, Lekić, V., additional, Lognonné, P., additional, Beghein, C., additional, Beucler, É., additional, Carrasco, S., additional, Charalambous, C., additional, Clinton, J., additional, Drilleau, M., additional, Durán, C., additional, Golombek, M., additional, Joshi, R., additional, Khan, A., additional, Knapmeyer-Endrun, B., additional, Li, J., additional, Maguire, R., additional, Pike, W. T., additional, Samuel, H., additional, Schimmel, M., additional, Schmerr, N. C., additional, Stähler, S. C., additional, Stutzmann, E., additional, Wieczorek, M., additional, Xu, Z., additional, Batov, A., additional, Bozdag, E., additional, Dahmen, N., additional, Davis, P., additional, Gudkova, T., additional, Horleston, A., additional, Huang, Q., additional, Kawamura, T., additional, King, S. D., additional, McLennan, S. M., additional, Nimmo, F., additional, Plasman, M., additional, Plesa, A. C., additional, Stepanova, I. E., additional, Weidner, E., additional, Zenhäusern, G., additional, Daubar, I. J., additional, Fernando, B., additional, Garcia, R. F., additional, Posiolova, L. V., additional, and Panning, M. P., additional

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2022
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34. An olivine cumulate outcrop on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars

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Liu, Y., primary, Tice, M. M., additional, Schmidt, M. E., additional, Treiman, A. H., additional, Kizovski, T. V., additional, Hurowitz, J. A., additional, Allwood, A. C., additional, Henneke, J., additional, Pedersen, D. A. K., additional, VanBommel, S. J., additional, Jones, M. W. M., additional, Knight, A. L., additional, Orenstein, B. J., additional, Clark, B. C., additional, Elam, W. T., additional, Heirwegh, C. M., additional, Barber, T., additional, Beegle, L. W., additional, Benzerara, K., additional, Bernard, S., additional, Beyssac, O., additional, Bosak, T., additional, Brown, A. J., additional, Cardarelli, E. L., additional, Catling, D. C., additional, Christian, J. R., additional, Cloutis, E. A., additional, Cohen, B. A., additional, Davidoff, S., additional, Fairén, A. G., additional, Farley, K. A., additional, Flannery, D. T., additional, Galvin, A., additional, Grotzinger, J. P., additional, Gupta, S., additional, Hall, J., additional, Herd, C. D. K., additional, Hickman-Lewis, K., additional, Hodyss, R. P., additional, Horgan, B. H. N., additional, Johnson, J. R., additional, Jørgensen, J. L., additional, Kah, L. C., additional, Maki, J. N., additional, Mandon, L., additional, Mangold, N., additional, McCubbin, F. M., additional, McLennan, S. M., additional, Moore, K., additional, Nachon, M., additional, Nemere, P., additional, Nothdurft, L. D., additional, Núñez, J. I., additional, O’Neil, L., additional, Quantin-Nataf, C. M., additional, Sautter, V., additional, Shuster, D. L., additional, Siebach, K. L., additional, Simon, J. I., additional, Sinclair, K. P., additional, Stack, K. M., additional, Steele, A., additional, Tarnas, J. D., additional, Tosca, N. J., additional, Uckert, K., additional, Udry, A., additional, Wade, L. A., additional, Weiss, B. P., additional, Wiens, R. C., additional, Williford, K. H., additional, and Zorzano, M.-P., additional

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2022
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35. Aqueously altered igneous rocks sampled on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars

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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

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2022
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36. Mineralogy of a Mudstone at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

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MSL Science Team, Vaniman, D. T., Bish, D. L., Ming, D. W., Bristow, T. F., Morris, R. V., Blake, D. F., Chipera, S. J., Morrison, S. M., Treiman, A. H., Rampe, E. B., Rice, M., Achilles, C. N., Grotzinger, J. P., McLennan, S. M., Williams, J., Bell, J. F., Newsom, H. E., Downs, R. T., Maurice, S., Sarrazin, P., Yen, A. S., Morookian, J. M., Farmer, J. D., Stack, K., Milliken, R. E., Ehlmann, B. L., Sumner, D. Y., Berger, G., Crisp, J. A., Hurowitz, J. A., Anderson, R., Des Marais, D. J., Stolper, E. M., Edgett, K. S., Gupta, S., and Spanovich, N.

Published
2014

37. Ancient Aqueous Environments at Endeavour Crater, Mars

Author

Arvidson, R. E., Squyres, S. W., Bell, J. F., Catalano, J. G., Clark, B. C., Crumpler, L. S., de Souza, P. A., Fairén, A. G., Farrand, W. H., Fox, V. K., Gellert, R., Ghosh, A., Golombek, M. P., Grotzinger, J. P., Guinness, E. A., Herkenhoff, K. E., Jolliff, B. L., Knoll, A. H., Li, R., McLennan, S. M., Ming, D. W., Mittlefehldt, D. W., Moore, J. M., Morris, R. V., Murchie, S. L., Parker, T. J., Paulsen, G., Rice, J. W., Ruff, S. W., Smith, M. D., and Wolff, M. J.

Published
2014

38. In Situ Radiometric and Exposure Age Dating of the Martian Surface

Author

MSL Science Team, Farley, K. A., Malespin, C., Mahaffy, P., Grotzinger, J. P., Vasconcelos, P. M., Milliken, R. E., Malin, M., Edgett, K. S., Pavlov, A. A., Hurowitz, J. A., Grant, J. A., Miller, H. B., Arvidson, R., Beegle, L., Calef, F., Conrad, P. G., Dietrich, W. E., Eigenbrode, J., Gellert, R., Gupta, S., Hamilton, V., Hassler, D. M., Lewis, K. W., McLennan, S. M., Ming, D., Navarro-González, R., Schwenzer, S. P., Steele, A., Stolper, E. M., Sumner, D. Y., Vaniman, D., Vasavada, A., Williford, K., and Wimmer-Schweingruber, R. F.

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2014

39. Elemental Geochemistry of Sedimentary Rocks at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

Author

MSL Science Team, McLennan, S. M., Anderson, R. B., Bell, J. F., Bridges, J. C., Calef, F., Campbell, J. L., Clark, B. C., Clegg, S., Conrad, P., Cousin, A., Des Marais, D. J., Dromart, G., Dyar, M. D., Edgar, L. A., Ehlmann, B. L., Fabre, C., Forni, O., Gasnault, O., Gellert, R., Gordon, S., Grant, J. A., Grotzinger, J. P., Gupta, S., Herkenhoff, K. E., Hurowitz, J. A., King, P. L., Le Mouélic, S., Leshin, L. A., Léveillé, R., Lewis, K. W., Mangold, N., Maurice, S., Ming, D. W., Morris, R. V., Nachon, M., Newsom, H. E., Ollila, A. M., Perrett, G. M., Rice, M. S., Schmidt, M. E., Schwenzer, S. P., Stack, K., Stolper, E. M., Sumner, D. Y., Treiman, A. H., VanBommel, S., Vaniman, D. T., Vasavada, A., Wiens, R. C., and Yingst, R. A.

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2014

40. Volatile and Organic Compositions of Sedimentary Rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

Author

MSL Science Team, Ming, D. W., Archer, P. D., Glavin, D. P., Eigenbrode, J. L., Franz, H. B., Sutter, B., Brunner, A. E., Stern, J. C., Freissinet, C., McAdam, A. C., Mahaffy, P. R., Cabane, M., Coll, P., Campbell, J. L., Atreya, S. K., Niles, P. B., Bell, J. F., Bish, D. L., Brinckerhoff, W. B., Buch, A., Conrad, P. G., Des Marais, D. J., Ehlmann, B. L., Fairén, A. G., Farley, K., Flesch, G. J., Francois, P., Gellert, R., Grant, J. A., Grotzinger, J. P., Gupta, S., Herkenhoff, K. E., Hurowitz, J. A., Leshin, L. A., Lewis, K. W., McLennan, S. M., Miller, K. E., Moersch, J., Morris, R. V., Navarro-González, R., Pavlov, A. A., Perrett, G. M., Pradler, I., Squyres, S. W., Summons, R. E., Steele, A., Stolper, E. M., Sumner, D. Y., Szopa, C., Teinturier, S., Trainer, M. G., Treiman, A. H., Vaniman, D. T., Vasavada, A. R., Webster, C. R., Wray, J. J., and Yingst, R. A.

Published
2014

41. A Habitable Fluvio-Lacustrine Environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

Author

MSL Science Team, Grotzinger, J. P., Sumner, D. Y., Kah, L. C., Stack, K., Gupta, S., Edgar, L., Rubin, D., Lewis, K., Schieber, J., Mangold, N., Milliken, R., Conrad, P. G., DesMarais, D., Farmer, J., Siebach, K., Calef, F., Hurowitz, J., McLennan, S. M., Ming, D., Vaniman, D., Crisp, J., Vasavada, A., Edgett, K. S., Malin, M., Blake, D., Gellert, R., Mahaffy, P., Wiens, R. C., Maurice, S., Grant, J. A., Wilson, S., Anderson, R. C., Beegle, L., Arvidson, R., Hallet, B., Sletten, R. S., Rice, M., Bell, J., Griffes, J., Ehlmann, B., Anderson, R. B., Bristow, T. F., Dietrich, W. E., Dromart, G., Eigenbrode, J., Fraeman, A., Hardgrove, C., Herkenhoff, K., Jandura, L., Kocurek, G., Lee, S., Leshin, L. A., Leveille, R., Limonadi, D., Maki, J., McCloskey, S., Meyer, M., Minitti, M., Newsom, H., Oehler, D., Okon, A., Palucis, M., Parker, T., Rowland, S., Schmidt, M., Squyres, S., Steele, A., Stolper, E., Summons, R., Treiman, A., Williams, R., and Yingst, A.

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2014

42. Seeking Signs of Life on Mars: the Importance of Sedimentary Suites as Part of a Mars Sample Return Campaign

Author

Mangold, N, McLennan, S. M, Czaja, A. D, Ori, G. G, Tosca, N. J, Altieri, F, Amelin, Y, Ammannito, E, Anand, M, Beaty, D. W, Benning, L. G, Bishop, J. L, Borg, L. E, Boucher, D, Brucato, J. R, Busemann, H, Campbell, K. A, Carrier, B. L, Debaille, V, Des Marais, D. J, Dixon, M, Ehlmann, B. L, Farmer, J. D, Fernandez-Remolar, D. C, Fogarty, J, Glavin, D. P, Goreva, Y. S, Grady, M. M, Hallis, L. J, Harrington, A. D, Hausrath, E. M, Herd, C. D. K, Horgan, B, Humayun, M, Kleine, T, Kleinhenz, J, Mackelprang, R, Mayhew, L. E, McCubbin, F. M, McCoy, J. T, McSween, H. Y, Moser, D. E, Moynier, F, Mustard, J. F, Niles, P. B, Raulin, F, Rettberg, P, Rucker, M. A, Schmitz, N, Sefton-Nash, E, Sephton, M. A, Shaheen, R, Shuster, D. L, Siljeström, S, Smith, C. L, Spry, J. A, Steele, A, Swindle, T. D, ten Kate, I. L, Usui, T, Van Kranendonk, M. J, Wadhwa, M, Weiss, B. P, Werner, S. C, Westall, F, Wheeler, R. M, Zipfel, J, and Zorzano, M. P

Subjects
Space Sciences (General)
Abstract

Seeking the signs of life on Mars is often considered the "first among equal" objectives for any potential Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign. Among the geological settings considered to have the greatest potential for recording evidence of ancient life or its pre-biotic chemistry on Mars are lacustrine (and marine, if ever present) sedimentary depositional environments. This potential, and the possibility of returning samples that could meaningfully address this objective, have been greatly enhanced by investigations of an ancient redox stratified lake system in Gale crater by the Curiosity rover.

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2018

43. Seeking Signs of Life on Mars: A Strategy for Selecting and Analyzing Returned Samples from Hydrothermal Deposits

Author

Campbell, K. A, Farmer, J. D, Van Kranendonk, M. J, Fernandez-Remolar, D. C, Czaja, A. D, Altieri, F, Amelin, Y, Ammannito, E, Anand, M, Beaty, D. W, Benning, L. G, Bishop, J. L, Borg, L. E, Boucher, D, Brucato, J. R, Busemann, J. R, Carrier, B. L, Debaille, V, Des Marais, D. J, Dixon, M, Ehlmann, B. L, Fogarty, James T, Glavin, D. P, Goreva, Y. S, Grady, M. M, Hallis, L. J, Harrington, A. D, Hausrath, E. M, Herd, C. D. K, Horgan, B, Humayun, M, Kleine, T, Kleinhenz, J, Mangold, N, Mackelprang, R, Mayhew, L. E, McCubbin, F. M, Mccoy, Teresa R, McLennan, S. M, McSween, H. Y, Moser, D. E, Moynier, F, Mustard, J. F, Niles, P. B, Ori, G. G, Raulin, F, Rettberg, P, Rucker, Michelle A, Schmitz, N, Sefton-Nash, E, Sephton, M. A, Shaheen, R, Shuster, D. L, Siljestrom, S, Smith, C. L, Spry, J. A, Steele, A, Swindle, T. D, ten Kate, I. L, Tosca, N. J, Usui, T, Wadhwa, M, Weiss, B. P, Werner, S. C, Westall, F, Wheeler, R. M, Zipfel, J, and Zorzano, M. P

Subjects
Space Sciences (General)
Abstract

Highly promising locales for biosignature prospecting on Mars are ancient hydrothermal deposits, formed by the interaction of surface water with heat from volcanism or impacts. On Earth, they occur throughout the geological record (to at least approx. 3.5 Ga), preserving robust mineralogical, textural and compositional evidence of thermophilic microbial activity. Hydrothermal systems were likely present early in Mars' history, including at two of the three finalist candidate landing sites for M2020, Columbia Hills and NE Syrtis Major. Hydrothermal environments on Earth's surface are varied, constituting subaerial hot spring aprons, mounds and fumaroles; shallow to deep-sea hydrothermal vents (black and white smokers); and vent mounds and hot-spring discharges in lacustrine and fluvial settings. Biological information can be preserved by rapid, spring-sourced mineral precipitation, but also could be altered or destroyed by postdepositional events. Thus, field observations need to be followed by detailed laboratory analysis to verify potential biosignatures. See Attachment

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2018

45. A comparison of the igneous máaz formation at jezero crater with martian meteorites

Author

Udry, A., Ostwald, A., Sautter, V., Cousin, A., Wiens, R. C., Forni, O., Benzerara, K., Beyssac, O., Nachon, M., Dromart, G., Quantin, C., Mandon, L., Clavé, E., Pinet, P., Ollila, A., Bosak, T., Mangold, N., Dehouck, E., Johnson, J., Schmidt, M., Horgan, B., Gabriel, T., Mclennan, S., Maurice, S., Simon, J.I., Herd, C. D. K., M.Madiaraga, J., Brown, A, Connell, S., Flannery, D., Tosca, N., Cohen, B., Liu, Y., Mccubbin, F. M., Cloutis, E., Fouchet, T., Royer, C., Alwmark, S., Sharma, S., Anderson, R., Pilleri, P, University of Nevada [Las Vegas] (WGU Nevada), 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), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), 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), Texas A&M University System, École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Brock University [Canada], Purdue University [West Lafayette], United States Geological Survey (USGS), Stony Brook University [SUNY] (SBU), State University of New York (SUNY), Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES), NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC), NASA-NASA, University of Alberta, University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), NASA, University of Winnipeg, Queensland University of Technology [Brisbane] (QUT), University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), 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), University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH), Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP), and University of Hawai‘i [Mānoa] (UHM)

Subjects
jezero crater, [SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], rover, mars mineralogy, [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences, supercam, meteorites
Abstract

International audience

Published
2022

46. Curiosity at Gale Crater, Mars: Characterization and Analysis of the Rocknest Sand Shadow

Author

Blake, D. F., Morris, R. V., Kocurek, G., Morrison, S. M., Downs, R. T., Bish, D., Ming, D. W., Edgett, K. S., Rubin, D., Goetz, W., Madsen, M. B., Sullivan, R., Gellert, R., Campbell, I., Treiman, A. H., McLennan, S. M., Yen, A. S., Grotzinger, J., Vaniman, D. T., Chipera, S. J., Achilles, C. N., Rampe, E. B., Sumner, D., Meslin, P.-Y., Maurice, S., Forni, O., Gasnault, O., Fisk, M., Schmidt, M., Mahaffy, P., Leshin, L. A., Glavin, D., Steele, A., Freissinet, C., Navarro-González, R., Yingst, R. A., Kah, L. C., Bridges, N., Lewis, K. W., Bristow, T. F., Farmer, J. D., Crisp, J. A., Stolper, E. M., Des Marais, D. J., and Sarrazin, P.

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2013
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47. The Petrochemistry of Jake_M: A Martian Mugearite

Author

Stolper, E. M., Baker, M. B., Newcombe, M. E., Schmidt, M. E., Treiman, A. H., Cousin, A., Dyar, M. D., Fisk, M. R., Gellert, R., King, P. L., Leshin, L., Maurice, S., McLennan, S. M., Minitti, M. E., Perrett, G., Rowland, S., Sautter, V., and Wiens, R. C.

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2013
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48. 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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International audience

Published
2022

49. A Mars 2020 Perseverance SuperCam Perspective on the Igneous Nature of the Máaz formation at Jezero crater, Mars

Author

Udry, A., Sautter, V., Cousin, A., Wiens, R. C., Forni, O., Benzerara, K., Beyssac, O., Nachon, M., Dromart, G., Quantin, C., Mandon, L., Clavé, E., Pinet, P., Ollila, A., Bosak, T., Mangold, N., Dehouck, E., Johnson, J., Schmidt, M., Horgan, B., Gabriel, T., Mclennan, S., Maurice, S., Simon, J.I., Herd, C., Madiaraga., J. M., University of Nevada [Las Vegas] (WGU Nevada), 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), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), 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), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Brock University [Canada], Purdue University [West Lafayette], United States Geological Survey (USGS), Stony Brook University [SUNY] (SBU), State University of New York (SUNY), Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES), NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC), NASA-NASA, University of Alberta, and University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)

Subjects
Supercam, [SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology, in situ exploration, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], [SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], mars mineralogy, [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences, Perseverance
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International audience

Published
2022

50. 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.

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2022

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