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Origin and Speciation of Sulfur Compounds in the Murray Formation, Gale Crater, MarsThe Mars Curiosity rover has traversed nearly 20 km and gained over 350 meters in elevation since landing in Gale crater in August 2012. Through 2250 sols of surface operations, Curiosity has spent approximately 60% of its time investigating the Murray formation, a unit of layered sediments. The occurrence of sulfur compounds in the Murray formation has been established by imaging of light-toned veins by MastCam and MAHLI, chemical compositions measured by the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) and ChemCam, crystalline phase identifications by the CheMin X-ray diffractometer, and evolved gas analyses from the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument.
Document ID
20190001741
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Yen, A. S. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Gellert, R. (University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
Achilles, C. N. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Berger, J. A. (University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
Blake, D. F. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Clark, B. C. (Space Science Inst. (SSI) Boulder, CO, United States)
McAdam, C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Wing, D. M. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Morris, R. V. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Morrison, S. M. (Carnegie Institution for Science Washington, DC, United States)
Rampe, E. B. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Sutter, B. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Thompson, L. M. (Carnegie Institution for Science Washington, DC, United States)
VanBommel, S. J. (Washington Univ. Saint Louis, MO, United States)
Vaniman, D. T. (Planetary Science Inst. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
March 21, 2019
Publication Date
March 19, 2019
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Report/Patent Number
JSC-E-DAA-TN64832
Meeting Information
Meeting: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Location: Woodlands, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: March 18, 2019
End Date: March 22, 2019
Sponsors: Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI)
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNJ13HA01C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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