Origin of carbonate-bearing rocks in Jezero crater: Implications for ancient habitability in subsurface environments

Authors :: Adrian J. Brown
Peter B. Kelemen
K. R. Frizzell
Kathryn Stack Morgan
Briony Horgan
J. D. Tarnas
Kelsey R. Moore
Mario Parente
A. H. D. Koeppel
Edward A. Cloutis
Patrick Pinet
David Flannery
John F. Mustard
Frank P. Seelos
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: Wiley, 2021.
Abstract: Jezero crater, an ancient lake basin that is the landing site of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, contains a carbonate-bearing rock unit termed the margin fractured unit. Some of the carbonates in...

Subjects :: Bearing (mechanical)
Ancient lake
Habitability
Geochemistry
Stratigraphic unit
Mars Exploration Program
Structural basin
law.invention
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Impact crater
law
Carbonate
Geology

Tools