Clay mineral diversity and abundance in sedimentary rocks of Gale crater, Mars

Clay minerals provide indicators of the evolution of aqueous conditions and possible habitats for life on ancient Mars. Analyses by the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity show that ~3.5–billion year (Ga) fluvio-lacustrine mudstones in Gale crater contain up to ~28 weight % (wt %) clay minerals....

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Autores principales: Bristow, Thomas F., Rampe, Elizabeth B., Achilles, Cherie N., Blake, David F., Chipera, Steve J., Craig, Patricia, Crisp, Joy A., Des Marais, David J., Downs, Robert T., Gellert, Ralf, Grotzinger, John P., Gupta, Sanjeev, Hazen, Robert M., Horgan, Briony, Hogancamp, Joanna V., Mangold, Nicolas, Mahaffy, Paul R., McAdam, Amy C., Ming, Doug W., Morookian, John Michael, Morris, Richard V., Morrison, Shaunna M., Treiman, Allan H., Vaniman, David T., Vasavada, Ashwin R., Yen, Albert S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5990309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29881776
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aar3330

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