Early diagenesis at and below Vera Rubin ridge, Gale crater, Mars

• Published in: Meteoritics & Planetary Science
• Main Authors: Turner, S. M. R., Schwenzer, S. P., Bridges, J. C., Rampe, E. B., Bedford, C. C., Achilles, C. N., McAdam, A. C., Mangold, N., Hicks, L. J., Parnell, J., Fraeman, A. A., Reed, M. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Rubin; Yellowknife; Yellowknife Bay
• Online Access: https://oro.open.ac.uk/79353/; https://oro.open.ac.uk/79353/1/79353.pdf; https://oro.open.ac.uk/79353/8/VRR_Turner-et-al_4_GOA_Submitted-Version.pdf; https://oro.open.ac.uk/79353/9/VRR_Turner-et-al_4_GOA_Accepted-Version_12-MONTH-EMBAGRO.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13748

Data returned by NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover showed evidence for abundant secondary materials, including Fe-oxides, phyllosilicates, and an amorphous component on and below Vera Rubin ridge in the Murray formation. We used equilibrium thermochemical modeling to test the hypothesis...