The Mars Curiosity rover has traversed nearly 20 km and gained over 350 meters in elevation since landing in Gale crater in August 2012. Through 2250 sols of surface operations, Curiosity has spent approximately 60% of its time investigating the Murray formation, a unit of layered sediments. The occurrence of sulfur compounds in the Murray formation has been established by imaging of light-toned veins by MastCam and MAHLI, chemical compositions measured by the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) and ChemCam, crystalline phase identifications by the CheMin X-ray diffractometer, and evolved gas analyses from the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument.


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    Title :

    Origin and Speciation of Sulfur Compounds in the Murray Formation, Gale Crater, Mars


    Contributors:
    Yen, A. S. (author) / Gellert, R. (author) / Achilles, C. N. (author) / Berger, J. A. (author) / Blake, D. F. (author) / Clark, B. C. (author) / McAdam, C. (author) / Wing, D. M. (author) / Morris, R. V. (author) / Morrison, S. M. (author)

    Conference:

    Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ; 2019 ; Woodlands, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2019-03-19


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English