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Depositional processes and environments of the Layered Sulfate-bearing unit, Gale crater, Mars
Depositional processes and environments of the Layered Sulfate-bearing unit, Gale crater, Mars
From orbit, a shift from clay-bearing to sulfate-bearing stratigraphy is recorded in the layered sedimentary rocks of the central mound of Gale crater [1]. This transition potentially records a shift from wet to dry conditions as seen from orbit elsewhere on Mars [2]. The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover can test these hypotheses in-situ. Here, we describe the sedimentary facies and architecture within the sulfate-bearing strata exposed in Marker Band valley and Gediz Vallis explored by Curiosity between Sols 3560 to 3917 (elevations -3880 to -3775 m) to interpret their depositional processes and environments.
- Lunar and Planetary Institute United States
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville United States
- Laboratoire Parole et Langage France
- Imperial College London United Kingdom
- Astrogeology Science Center United States
[SDU] Sciences of the Universe [physics], Curiosity, [SDU.STU] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences, [SDU.STU.ST] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Stratigraphy, Mars, sedimentology, sulfate, Gale crater, [SDU.STU.PL] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology, environment
[SDU] Sciences of the Universe [physics], Curiosity, [SDU.STU] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences, [SDU.STU.ST] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Stratigraphy, Mars, sedimentology, sulfate, Gale crater, [SDU.STU.PL] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology, environment
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