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Using Fluid-Mobile Elements To Decipher An Aqueous History Preserved In The Sedimentary Rocks Of Gale Crater, Mars, Jeff A. Berger
Using Fluid-Mobile Elements To Decipher An Aqueous History Preserved In The Sedimentary Rocks Of Gale Crater, Mars, Jeff A. Berger
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Fluid-mobile elements preserve a record of the aqueous history of Mars in the sedimentary rocks of Gale Crater, and they are traceable with the rover Curiosity’s Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS). This is the fundamental principle behind the scientific questions addressed in the four main chapters of this dissertation. First, we conducted a field study at Hawai’i, an established Mars analogue, to investigate sedimentary processes and alteration in rocks comparable to those in Gale Crater. We conclude that open system, circumneutral weathering is very limited in Gale rocks; acid sulfate alteration and sedimentary mixing of diverse rocks is likely. Second, …