Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater, Mars

International audience We model the fluids involved in the alteration processes recorded in the Sheepbed Member mudstones of Yellowknife Bay (YKB), Gale crater, Mars, as revealed by the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover investigations. We compare the Gale crater waters with fluids modeled for...

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Main Authors: Schwenzer, S. P., Bridges, J. C., Wiens, R. C., Conrad, P. G., Kelley, S. P., Leveille, R., Mangold, N., Martín-Torres, J., Mcadam, Amy, Newsom, H., Zorzano, M. P., Rapin, W., Spray, J., Treiman, A. H., Westall, F., Fairén, A. G., Meslin, P.-Y.
Other Authors: Lunar and Planetary Institute Houston (LPI), The Open University of Japan Chiba (OUJ), Space Research Centre Leicester, University of Leicester, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), University of Alabama Tuscaloosa (UA), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique UMR 6112 (LPG), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (UN UFR ST), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (IACT), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas = Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)-Universidad de Granada = University of Granada (UGR), Luleå University of Technology (LUT), Institute of Meteoritics Albuquerque (IOM), The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Albuquerque (EPS), Centro de Astrobiologia Madrid (CAB), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas = Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Planetary and Space Science Centre (PASSC), University of New Brunswick (UNB), Centre de biophysique moléculaire (CBM), Université d'Orléans (UO)-Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut de Chimie - CNRS Chimie (INC-CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Astronomy Ithaca, Cornell University New York
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Schwenzer, S. P.
Bridges, J. C.
Wiens, R. C.
Conrad, P. G.
Kelley, S. P.
Leveille, R.
Mangold, N.
Martín-Torres, J.
Mcadam, Amy
Newsom, H.
Zorzano, M. P.
Rapin, W.
Spray, J.
Treiman, A. H.
Westall, F.
Fairén, A. G.
Meslin, P.-Y.
Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater, Mars
topic_facet [CHIM]Chemical Sciences
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description International audience We model the fluids involved in the alteration processes recorded in the Sheepbed Member mudstones of Yellowknife Bay (YKB), Gale crater, Mars, as revealed by the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover investigations. We compare the Gale crater waters with fluids modeled for shergottites, nakhlites, and the ancient meteorite ALH 84001, as well as rocks analyzed by the Mars Exploration rovers, and with terrestrial ground and surface waters. The aqueous solution present during sediment alteration associated with phyllosilicate formation at Gale was high in Na, K, and Si; had low Mg, Fe, and Al concentrations—relative to terrestrial groundwaters such as the Deccan Traps and other modeled Mars fluids; and had near neutral to alkaline pH. Ca and S species were present in the 10−3 to 10−2 concentration range. A fluid local to Gale crater strata produced the alteration products observed by Curiosity and subsequent evaporation of this groundwater-type fluid formed impure sulfate- and silica-rich deposits—veins or horizons. In a second, separate stage of alteration, partial dissolution of this sulfate-rich layer in Yellowknife Bay, or beyond, led to the pure sulfate veins observed in YKB. This scenario is analogous to similar processes identified at a terrestrial site in Triassic sediments with gypsum veins of the Mercia Mudstone Group in Watchet Bay, UK.
author2 Lunar and Planetary Institute Houston (LPI)
The Open University of Japan Chiba (OUJ)
Space Research Centre Leicester
University of Leicester
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
University of Alabama Tuscaloosa (UA)
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique UMR 6112 (LPG)
Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (UN UFR ST)
Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (IACT)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas = Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)-Universidad de Granada = University of Granada (UGR)
Luleå University of Technology (LUT)
Institute of Meteoritics Albuquerque (IOM)
The University of New Mexico Albuquerque
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Albuquerque (EPS)
Centro de Astrobiologia Madrid (CAB)
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas = Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP)
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3)
Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP)
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3)
Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Planetary and Space Science Centre (PASSC)
University of New Brunswick (UNB)
Centre de biophysique moléculaire (CBM)
Université d'Orléans (UO)-Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut de Chimie - CNRS Chimie (INC-CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Department of Astronomy Ithaca
Cornell University New York
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author Schwenzer, S. P.
Bridges, J. C.
Wiens, R. C.
Conrad, P. G.
Kelley, S. P.
Leveille, R.
Mangold, N.
Martín-Torres, J.
Mcadam, Amy
Newsom, H.
Zorzano, M. P.
Rapin, W.
Spray, J.
Treiman, A. H.
Westall, F.
Fairén, A. G.
Meslin, P.-Y.
author_facet Schwenzer, S. P.
Bridges, J. C.
Wiens, R. C.
Conrad, P. G.
Kelley, S. P.
Leveille, R.
Mangold, N.
Martín-Torres, J.
Mcadam, Amy
Newsom, H.
Zorzano, M. P.
Rapin, W.
Spray, J.
Treiman, A. H.
Westall, F.
Fairén, A. G.
Meslin, P.-Y.
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title Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater, Mars
title_short Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater, Mars
title_full Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater, Mars
title_fullStr Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater, Mars
title_full_unstemmed Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater, Mars
title_sort fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at gale crater, mars
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spelling ftinsu:oai:HAL:hal-01407955v1 2024-02-11T10:09:26+01:00 Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater, Mars Schwenzer, S. P. Bridges, J. C. Wiens, R. C. Conrad, P. G. Kelley, S. P. Leveille, R. Mangold, N. Martín-Torres, J. Mcadam, Amy Newsom, H. Zorzano, M. P. Rapin, W. Spray, J. Treiman, A. H. Westall, F. Fairén, A. G. Meslin, P.-Y. Lunar and Planetary Institute Houston (LPI) The Open University of Japan Chiba (OUJ) Space Research Centre Leicester University of Leicester Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) University of Alabama Tuscaloosa (UA) Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique UMR 6112 (LPG) Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (UN UFR ST) Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (IACT) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas = Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)-Universidad de Granada = University of Granada (UGR) Luleå University of Technology (LUT) Institute of Meteoritics Albuquerque (IOM) The University of New Mexico Albuquerque Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Albuquerque (EPS) Centro de Astrobiologia Madrid (CAB) Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas = Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP) Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Planetary and Space Science Centre (PASSC) University of New Brunswick (UNB) Centre de biophysique moléculaire (CBM) Université d'Orléans (UO)-Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut de Chimie - CNRS Chimie (INC-CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Department of Astronomy Ithaca Cornell University New York 2016 https://hal.science/hal-01407955 https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12668 en eng HAL CCSD Wiley info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/maps.12668 hal-01407955 https://hal.science/hal-01407955 doi:10.1111/maps.12668 ISSN: 1086-9379 EISSN: 1945-5100 Meteoritics and Planetary Science https://hal.science/hal-01407955 Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 2016, 51 (11), pp.2175 - 2202. ⟨10.1111/maps.12668⟩ [CHIM]Chemical Sciences [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2016 ftinsu https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12668 2024-01-17T17:29:46Z International audience We model the fluids involved in the alteration processes recorded in the Sheepbed Member mudstones of Yellowknife Bay (YKB), Gale crater, Mars, as revealed by the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover investigations. We compare the Gale crater waters with fluids modeled for shergottites, nakhlites, and the ancient meteorite ALH 84001, as well as rocks analyzed by the Mars Exploration rovers, and with terrestrial ground and surface waters. The aqueous solution present during sediment alteration associated with phyllosilicate formation at Gale was high in Na, K, and Si; had low Mg, Fe, and Al concentrations—relative to terrestrial groundwaters such as the Deccan Traps and other modeled Mars fluids; and had near neutral to alkaline pH. Ca and S species were present in the 10−3 to 10−2 concentration range. A fluid local to Gale crater strata produced the alteration products observed by Curiosity and subsequent evaporation of this groundwater-type fluid formed impure sulfate- and silica-rich deposits—veins or horizons. In a second, separate stage of alteration, partial dissolution of this sulfate-rich layer in Yellowknife Bay, or beyond, led to the pure sulfate veins observed in YKB. This scenario is analogous to similar processes identified at a terrestrial site in Triassic sediments with gypsum veins of the Mercia Mudstone Group in Watchet Bay, UK. Article in Journal/Newspaper Yellowknife Institut national des sciences de l'Univers: HAL-INSU Yellowknife Yellowknife Bay ENVELOPE(-114.336,-114.336,62.367,62.367) Meteoritics & Planetary Science 51 11 2175 2202