Source‐to‐Sink Terrestrial Analogs for the Paleoenvironment of Gale Crater, Mars

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
• Main Authors: Thorpe, Michael T., Hurowitz, Joel A., Siebach, Kirsten L.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
• Subjects: Research Article; Mount Sharp; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7988529/; https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006530

In the Late Noachian to Early Hesperian period, rivers transported detritus from igneous source terrains to a downstream lake within Gale crater, creating a stratified stack of fluviolacustrine rocks that is currently exposed along the slopes of Mount Sharp. Controversy exists regarding the paleocli...