The Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) X-ray Diffractometer on the MSL Curiosity Rover: A Decade of Mineralogy from Gale Crater, Mars

Autor: David Blake, Valerie Tu, Thomas Bristow, Elizabeth Rampe, David Vaniman, Steve Chipera, Philippe Sarrazin, Richard Morris, Shaunna Morrison, Albert Yen, Robert Downs, Robert Hazen, Allan Treiman, Douglas Ming, Gordon Downs, Cherie Achilles, Nicholas Castle, Tanya Peretyazhko, David De Marais, Patricia Craig, Barbara Lafuente, Benjamin Tutolo, Elisabeth Hausrath, Sarah Simpson, Richard Walroth, Michael Thorpe, Johannes Meusburger, Aditi Pandey, Marc Gailhanou, Przemyslaw Dera, Jeffrey Berger, Lucy Thompson, Ralf Gellert, Amy McAdam, Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, Brad Sutter, John Michael Morookian, Abigail Fraeman, John Grotzinger, Kirsten Siebach, Soren Madsen, Ashwin Vasavada

Publikováno v: Minerals, Vol 14, Iss 6, p 568 (2024)

For more than a decade, the CheMin X-ray diffraction instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, has been returning definitive and quantitative mineralogical and mineral–chemistry data from ~3.5-billion-year-old (Ga) sediments in Ga

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A Review of the Phyllosilicates in Gale Crater as Detected by the CheMin Instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity Rover

Autor: Valerie M. Tu, Elizabeth B. Rampe, Thomas F. Bristow, Michael T. Thorpe, Joanna V. Clark, Nicholas Castle, Abigail A. Fraeman, Lauren A. Edgar, Amy McAdam, Candice Bedford, Cherie N. Achilles, David Blake, Steve J. Chipera, Patricia I. Craig, David J. Des Marais, Gordon W. Downs, Robert T. Downs, Valerie Fox, John P. Grotzinger, Robert M. Hazen, Douglas W. Ming, Richard V. Morris, Shaunna M. Morrison, Betina Pavri, Jennifer Eigenbrode, Tanya S. Peretyazhko, Philippe C. Sarrazin, Brad Sutter, Allan H. Treiman, David T. Vaniman, Ashwin R. Vasavada, Albert S. Yen, John C. Bridges

Publikováno v: Minerals, Vol 11, Iss 8, p 847 (2021)

Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, landed on Mars in August 2012 to investigate the ~3.5-billion-year-old (Ga) fluvio-lacustrine sedimentary deposits of Aeolis Mons (informally known as Mount Sharp) and the surrounding plains (Aeolis

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Detection of Organic Carbon in Mars‐Analog Paleosols With Thermal and Evolved Gas Analysis

Autor: Adrian P. Broz, Joanna Clark, Brad Sutter, Doug W. Ming, Briony Horgan, Paul Douglas Archer, Lucas C. R. Silva

Publikováno v: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 127

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https://doi.org/10.1029/2022je007340

The Curiosity Rover’s Exploration of Glen Torridon, Gale crater, Mars: An Overview of the Campaign and Scientific Results

Autor: Kristen A. Bennett, Valerie K. Fox, Alex Bryk, William Dietrich, Christopher Fedo, Lauren Edgar, Michael T. Thorpe, Amy J. Williams, Gregory M. Wong, Erwin Dehouck, Amy McAdam, Brad Sutter, Maëva Millan, Steven G. Banham, Candice C. Bedford, Thomas Bristow, Abigail Fraeman, Ashwin R. Vasavada, John Grotzinger, Lucy Thompson, Catherine O’Connell‐Cooper, Patrick Gasda, Amanda Rudolph, Robert Sullivan, Ray Arvidson, Agnes Cousin, Briony Horgan, Kathryn M. Stack, Allan Treiman, Jennifer Eigenbrode, Gwénaël Caravaca

Publikováno v: Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets
Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets, 2022, The Curiosity Rover's Investigation of Glen Torridon and the Surrounding Area, 127 (9), pp.e2022JE007185. ⟨10.1029/2022JE007185⟩
Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets, 2023, The Curiosity Rover's Investigation of Glen Torridon and the Surrounding Area, 128 (1), pp.e2022JE007185. ⟨10.1029/2022JE007185⟩

International audience; The Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, explored the clay mineral-bearing Glen Torridon region for one martian year between January 2019 and January 2021, including a short campaign onto the Greenheugh pediment. The Glen

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https://hal.science/hal-03842401

Mineralogy and diagenesis of Mars-analog paleosols from eastern Oregon, USA

Autor: Adrian Broz, Joanna Clark, Brad Sutter, Doug Ming, Valerie Tu, Briony Horgan, Lucas Silva

Ancient (4.1-3.7-billion-year-old) layered sedimentary rocks on Mars are rich in clay minerals which formed from aqueous alteration of the Martian surface. Many of these sedimentary rocks appear to be composed of vertical sequences of Fe/Mg clay mine

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https://doi.org/10.31223/x5vs7r