Brine-driven destruction of clay minerals in Gale crater, Mars

Author:

Bristow T. F.1ORCID,Grotzinger J. P.2ORCID,Rampe E. B.3ORCID,Cuadros J.4ORCID,Chipera S. J.5,Downs G. W.6ORCID,Fedo C. M.7ORCID,Frydenvang J.8ORCID,McAdam A. C.9ORCID,Morris R. V.3ORCID,Achilles C. N.9ORCID,Blake D. F.1ORCID,Castle N.5ORCID,Craig P.5ORCID,Des Marais D. J.1ORCID,Downs R. T.6ORCID,Hazen R. M.10,Ming D. W.3ORCID,Morrison S. M.10ORCID,Thorpe M. T.11ORCID,Treiman A. H.12ORCID,Tu V.11ORCID,Vaniman D. T.5ORCID,Yen A. S.13,Gellert R.14ORCID,Mahaffy P. R.9ORCID,Wiens R. C.15ORCID,Bryk A. B.16ORCID,Bennett K. A.17ORCID,Fox V. K.2,Millken R. E.18ORCID,Fraeman A. A.13ORCID,Vasavada A. R.13ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Eobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.

2. Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.

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

4. Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK.

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

6. Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.

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

8. Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

9. Solar System Exploration Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.

10. Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC 20015, USA.

11. Jacobs Technology–Jacobs JETS Contract, Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division, at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA.

12. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association, Houston, TX 77058, USA.

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

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

15. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.

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

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

18. Department of Earth, Environmental Sciences and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.

Abstract

Modified clay minerals on Mars Sedimentary rocks exposed in Gale crater on Mars contain extensive clay minerals. Bristow et al. analyzed drill samples collected by the Curiosity rover as it climbed up sedimentary layers in the crater. They found evidence of past reactions with liquid water and sulfate brines, which could have percolated through the clay from an overlying sulfate deposit. Similar sulfate deposits are widespread across the planet and represent some of the last sedimentary rocks to form before the planet lost its surface liquid water, so the results inform our understanding of the geologic processes that occurred as Mars dried out. Science, abg5449, this issue p. 198

Funder

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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