Diagenesis and Clay Mineral Formation at Gale Crater, Mars

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
• Main Authors: Bridges, John C., Schwenzer, S. P., Leveille, R., Westall, F., Wiens, R. C., Mangold, N., Bristow, T., Edwards, P., Berger, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU), Wiley 2015
• Subjects: Mars; Mars Science Laboratory; clay; Yellowknife Bay; diagenesis; Yellowknife
• Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014JE004757/full; http://hdl.handle.net/2381/31724; https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JE004757

The Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity found host rocks of basaltic composition and alteration assemblages containing clay minerals at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater. On the basis of the observed host rock and alteration minerals, we present results of equilibrium thermochemical modeling of the S...