Early diagenesis at and below Vera Rubin ridge, Gale crater, Mars

Data returned by NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover showed evidence for abundant secondary materials, including Fe‐oxides, phyllosilicates, and an amorphous component on and below Vera Rubin ridge in the Murray formation. We used equilibrium thermochemical modeling to test the hypothesis...

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Published in:	Meteoritics & planetary science 2021-10, Vol.56 (10), p.1905-1932
Main Authors:	Turner, S. M. R., Schwenzer, S. P., Bridges, J. C., Rampe, E. B., Bedford, C. C., Achilles, C. N., McAdam, A. C., Mangold, N., Hicks, L. J., Parnell, J., Fraeman, A. A., Reed, M. H., Osinski, Gordon
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Language:	English
Subjects:	Abundance Alpha particles Alpha rays Amorphous materials Aqueous solutions Carbon dioxide Chemical composition Clay minerals Curiosity (Mars rover) Diagenesis Earth Sciences Groundwater flow Hematite Mars Mars craters Mars rovers Mineralogy Modelling Mudstone Oxidation Oxides Planetology Rocks Sciences of the Universe Sediments Water flow
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