Collapsed Smectite in Gale Crater: Martian Clay Minerals May Have Been on Acid

Patricia Craig; A. Rudolph; R. V. Morris; C. N. Achilles; E. B. Rampe; A. H. Treiman; T. F. Bristow; D. W. Ming; D. F. Blake; D. T. Vaniman; Robert T. Downs; Shaunna M. Morrison; A. S. Yen; Jack D. Farmer; David J. Des Marais; N. Castle; S. J. Chipera; Robert M. Hazen; T. Peretyazhko; V. M. Tu

Collapsed Smectite in Gale Crater: Martian Clay Minerals May Have Been on Acid

Patricia Craig(Planetary Science Institute), A. Rudolph(Western Washington University), R. V. Morris(Johnson Space Center), C. N. Achilles(University of Arizona), E. B. Rampe(Johnson Space Center), A. H. Treiman(Lunar and Planetary Institute), T. F. Bristow(Ames Research Center), D. W. Ming(Johnson Space Center), D. F. Blake(Ames Research Center), D. T. Vaniman, Robert T. Downs(University of Arizona), Shaunna M. Morrison(Carnegie Institution for Science), A. S. Yen(Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jack D. Farmer(Arizona State University), David J. Des Marais(Ames Research Center), N. Castle(Lunar and Planetary Institute), S. J. Chipera(Chesapeake Bay Program), Robert M. Hazen(Carnegie Institution for Science), T. Peretyazhko(Jacobs (United States)), V. M. Tu(Jacobs (United States))

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March 19, 2018

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Abstract

The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity began investigating the layered deposits of Gale Crater, Mars, in August 2012. Among the many science instruments on the rover, the CheMin (Chemistry and Mineralogy) X-ray diffractometer (XRD) has been useful in definitively characterizing the mineralogy of samples collected by the rover.

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