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

Author:

Grotzinger J. P.1,Gupta S.2,Malin M. C.3,Rubin D. M.4,Schieber J.5,Siebach K.1,Sumner D. Y.6,Stack K. M.7,Vasavada A. R.7,Arvidson R. E.8,Calef F.7,Edgar L.9,Fischer W. F.1,Grant J. A.10,Griffes J.1,Kah L. C.11,Lamb M. P.1,Lewis K. W.12,Mangold N.13,Minitti M. E.14,Palucis M.1,Rice M.15,Williams R. M. E.14,Yingst R. A.14,Blake D.16,Blaney D.7,Conrad P.17,Crisp J.7,Dietrich W. E.18,Dromart G.19,Edgett K. S.3,Ewing R. C.20,Gellert R.21,Hurowitz J. A.22,Kocurek G.23,Mahaffy P.17,McBride M. J.3,McLennan S. M.22,Mischna M.7,Ming D.24,Milliken R.25,Newsom H.26,Oehler D.27,Parker T. J.7,Vaniman D.14,Wiens R. C.28,Wilson S. A.10

Affiliation:

1. Division of Geologic and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.

2. Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.

3. Malin Space Science Systems, Post Office Box 910148, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.

4. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California–Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.

5. Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.

6. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California–Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.

7. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.

8. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.

9. Astrogeology Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA.

10. Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA.

11. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.

12. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.

13. Laboratoire Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes–Le Centre National de la Recherche, Unité Mixte de Recherche 6112 and Université de Nantes, 44322 Nantes, France.

14. Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA.

15. Department of Geology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA.

16. Department of Space Sciences, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.

17. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.

18. Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

19. Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, Université de Lyon, 69364 Lyon, France.

20. Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.

21. Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada.

22. Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, USA.

23. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.

24. Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA.

25. Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.

26. Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA.

27. LZ Technology, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA

28. Space Remote Sensing, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA.

Abstract

Ancient lake system at Gale crater Since 2012, the Curiosity rover has been diligently studying rocky outcrops on Mars, looking for clues about past water, climate, and habitability. Grotzinger et al. describe the analysis of a huge section of sedimentary rocks near Gale crater, where Mount Sharp now stands (see the Perspective by Chan). The features within these sediments are reminiscent of delta, stream, and lake deposits on Earth. Although individual lakes were probably transient, it is likely that there was enough water to fill in low-lying depressions such as impact craters for up to 10,000 years. Wind-driven erosion removed many of these deposits, creating Mount Sharp. Science , this issue p. 10.1126/science.aac7575 , see also p. 167

Funder

UK Space Agency

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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