The origin and implications of clay minerals from Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars

• Published in: American Mineralogist
• Main Authors: Bristow, TF, Bish, DL, Vaniman, DT, Morris, RV, Blake, DF, Grotzinger, JP, Rampe, EB, Crisp, JA, Achilles, CN, Ming, DW, Ehlmann, BL, King, PL, Bridges, JC, Eigenbrode, JL, Sumner, DY, Chipera, SJ, Moorokian, JM, Treiman, AH, Morrison, SM, Downs, RT, Farmer, JD, Des Marais, D, Sarrazin, P, Floyd, MM, Mischna, MA, McAdam, AC
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2015
• Subjects: Yellowknife; Yellowknife Bay
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7fz56796

© 2015 by Walter de Gruyter. The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity has documented a section of fluvio-lacustrine strata at Yellowknife Bay (YKB), an embayment on the floor of Gale crater, approximately 500 m east of the Bradbury landing site. X-ray diffraction (XRD) data and evolved gas...