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Hydrated silicate minerals on Mars observed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM instrument

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  • John F. Mustard

    (Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA)

  • S. L. Murchie

    (Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723, USA)

  • S. M. Pelkey

    (Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA)

  • B. L. Ehlmann

    (Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA)

  • R. E. Milliken

    (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 183-301, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, USA)

  • J. A. Grant

    (Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Independence Avenue at 6th Street SW, Washington, DC 20560, USA)

  • J.-P. Bibring

    (Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris Sud 11)

  • F. Poulet

    (Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris Sud 11)

  • J. Bishop

    (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, 515 N. Whisman Road, Mountain View, California 94043, USA)

  • E. Noe Dobrea

    (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 183-301, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, USA)

  • L. Roach

    (Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA)

  • F. Seelos

    (Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723, USA)

  • R. E. Arvidson

    (Washington University, St Louis, Missouri 63130, USA)

  • S. Wiseman

    (Washington University, St Louis, Missouri 63130, USA)

  • R. Green

    (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 183-301, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, USA)

  • C. Hash

    (Applied Coherent Technology, 112 Elden Street Suite K, Herndon, Virginia 22070, USA)

  • D. Humm

    (Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723, USA)

  • E. Malaret

    (Applied Coherent Technology, 112 Elden Street Suite K, Herndon, Virginia 22070, USA)

  • J. A. McGovern

    (Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723, USA)

  • K. Seelos

    (Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723, USA)

  • T. Clancy

    (Space Science Institute, 4750 Walnut Street, Suite 205, Boulder, Colorado 80301, USA)

  • R. Clark

    (US Geological Survey, MS 964 Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA)

  • D. D. Marais

    (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, 515 N. Whisman Road, Mountain View, California 94043, USA)

  • N. Izenberg

    (Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723, USA)

  • A. Knudson

    (Washington University, St Louis, Missouri 63130, USA)

  • Y. Langevin

    (Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris Sud 11)

  • T. Martin

    (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 183-301, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, USA)

  • P. McGuire

    (Washington University, St Louis, Missouri 63130, USA)

  • R. Morris

    (ARES Code KR, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Texas 77058, USA)

  • M. Robinson

    (School of Earth and Space Exploration. Box 871404, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, USA)

  • T. Roush

    (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, 515 N. Whisman Road, Mountain View, California 94043, USA)

  • M. Smith

    (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 693.0, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA)

  • G. Swayze

    (Space Science Institute, 4750 Walnut Street, Suite 205, Boulder, Colorado 80301, USA)

  • H. Taylor

    (Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723, USA)

  • T. Titus

    (US Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, Arizona, 86001, USA)

  • M. Wolff

    (Space Science Institute, 4750 Walnut Street, Suite 205, Boulder, Colorado 80301, USA)

Abstract

The history of water in Mars The Mars Phoenix mission has sent back images of what — before it melted away — looked like water ice. Meanwhile our knowledge of the planet's distant watery past is being refined by the instruments on-board Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The presence of interlayered hydrated silicate (phyllosilicate) minerals on Mars preserves a record of past interactions between liquid water and rocks. The phyllosilicates are restricted to ancient terrains dating from the earliest geologic era of Mars, the Noachian, and previous data suggested that phyllosilicates existed within a relatively narrow range of mineralogy. The latest spectromety data from the Reconnaissance Orbiter are consistent with an ancient Noachian origin for the phyllosilicates — but point to a much more varied mineralogy indicative of active, pervasive hydrologic processes throughout the crust of early Mars, including the surface.

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  • John F. Mustard & S. L. Murchie & S. M. Pelkey & B. L. Ehlmann & R. E. Milliken & J. A. Grant & J.-P. Bibring & F. Poulet & J. Bishop & E. Noe Dobrea & L. Roach & F. Seelos & R. E. Arvidson & S. Wisem, 2008. "Hydrated silicate minerals on Mars observed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM instrument," Nature, Nature, vol. 454(7202), pages 305-309, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:454:y:2008:i:7202:d:10.1038_nature07097
    DOI: 10.1038/nature07097
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