A Habitable Fluvio-Lacustrine Environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

• Main Authors: Bristow, T. F., Ming, D., Farmer, J., Edgar, L., Milliken, R., Gellert, R., Gupta, S., DesMarais, D., Mangold, N., Arvidson, R., Hurowitz, J., Siebach, K., Meyer, M., Maurice, S., Vasavada, A., Vaniman, D., Mahaffy, P., Schieber, J., Stack, K., Conrad, P. G., Blake, D., Kah, L. C., Grotzinger, J. P., Hallet, B., McLennan, S. M., Eigenbrode, J., Beegle, L., Wilson, S., Anderson, R. C., Malin, M., Crisp, J., Sumner, D. Y., Grant, J. A., Rubin, D., Lewis, K., Edgett, K. S., Calef, F., III, Wiens, R. C.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration; Exobiology; Yellowknife; Yellowknife Bay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20150008374

The Curiosity rover discovered fine-grained sedimentary rocks, which are inferred to represent an ancient lake and preserve evidence of an environment that would have been suited to support a martian biosphere founded on chemolithoautotrophy. This aqueous environment was characterized by neutral pH,...