Mineralogy of a mudstone at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Vaniman, D. T., Bish, D. L., Ming, D. W., Bristow, T. F., Morris, R. V., Blake, D. F., Chipera, S. J., Morrison, S. M., Treiman, A. H., Rampe, E. B., Rice, M., Achilles, C. N., Grotzinger, J., McLennan, S. M., Williams, J., Bell III, J., Newsom, H., Downs, R. T., Maurice, S., Sarrazin, P., Yen, A. S., Morookian, J. M., Farmer, J. D., Stack, K., Milliken, R. E., Ehlmann, B., Sumner, D. Y., Berger, G., Crisp, J. A., Hurowitz, J. A., Anderson, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2013
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary; Yellowknife; Yellowknife Bay
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:319791

Sedimentary rocks at Yellowknife Bay (Gale crater) on Mars include mudstone sampled by the Curiosity rover. The samples, John Klein and Cumberland, contain detrital basaltic minerals, calcium sulfates, iron oxide or hydroxides, iron sulfides, amorphous material, and trioctahedral smectites. The John...