 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and different levels of alteration around Mawrth Vallis, Mars Sheng Gou, Zongyu Yue, Kaichang Di*, Jinnian...main phyllosilicates exposed in and around Mawrth Vallis: Al phyllosilicates and Fe/Mg phyllosilicates...and textures are observed on both sides of Mawrth Vallis from HiRISE images, suggesting that the geological...abundance Alteration levels Mawrth Vallis 1. Introduction Mawrth Vallis outflow channel, centred at approximately...around Mawrth Vallis have one of the largest contiguous exposures of phyllosilicates on Mars, which extend |  | Bishop, Janice L., Gates, Will P., Makarewicz, Heather D., McKeown, Nancy K., Hiroi, Takahiro (2011) Reflectance spectroscopy of beidellites and their importance for Mars. Clays and Clay Minerals, 59 (4) 378-399 doi:10.1346/ccmn.2011.0590403 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SPECTROSCOPY OF BEIDELLITES AND THEIR IMPORTANCE FOR MARS J A N IC E L . B I SH O P 1 , W I L L P. G A T ES...RI 02912, USA Abstract—Beidellites may exist on Mars and represent intermediate alteration products;...under study to support their orbital detection on Mars, where spectral signatures of other Al-rich phyllosilicates...used in the identification of phyllosilicates on Mars. Shifts were observed in the Al2OH band centers...smectites can be differentiated in orbital data of Mars. A pure beidellite-type spectrum is observed in |  | Roush, Ted L., Bishop, Janice L., Brown, Adrian J., Blake, David F., Bristow, Thomas F. (2015) Laboratory reflectance spectra of clay minerals mixed with Mars analog materials: Toward enabling quantitative clay abundances from Mars spectra. Icarus, 258. 454-466 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.06.035 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mixed with Mars analog materials: Toward enabling quantitative clay abundances from Mars spectra Ted...2015 Available online 29 June 2015 Keywords: Mars Mars, surface Mineralogy a b s t r a c t Quantitative...background Understanding the history of water on Mars provides insight into the evolution of the martian...atmosphere and equally importantly the ability of Mars to have, or remain, a potential abode for life....history of Mars. Interpretation of Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) data obtained by Mars Global Surveyor |  | Mavris, Christian, Cuadros, Javier, Nieto, José Miguel, Bishop, Janice L., Michalski, Joseph R. (2018) Diverse mineral assemblages of acidic alteration in the Rio Tinto area (southwest Spain): Implications for Mars. American Mineralogist, 103 (12) 1877-1890 doi:10.2138/am-2018-6330 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rio Tinto area (southwest Spain): Implications for Mars Christian Mavris1, Javier Cuadros1,*,†, José Miguel...assemblages on Mars because they enable detailed analysis of spectroscopic data from Mars and aid environmental...environments. They represent Earth analogs of areas on Mars that underwent acidic alteration. X‑ray diffraction...kaolinite-alunite occurrences on Mars as worthy of specific investigation. Acid alteration on Mars is expected to be...of fine alteration rims. Alunite occurrences on Mars in the absence of goethite may indicate an acid |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Planetary Sciences is online at earth.annualreviews.org Mars, composition, infrared spectroscopy, igneous processes...understanding of the composition and history of Mars. Globally, Mars has a basaltic upper crust with regionally...in igneous processes. Many materials from ancient Mars bear the mineralogic fingerprints of interaction...personal use only. A record of the evolution of Mars is preserved in the rocks and sediments exposed...measurements by rovers and landers. The composition of Mars is revealed through infrared spectroscopic instruments |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | remotely sensed spectra from phyllosilicate deposits on Mars (Bishop et al. 2008; McKeown et al. 2009). Although...than seafloor basalts for possible celadonite on Mars. Acknowledgments This work was funded in part...diversity and past aqueous activity revealed at Mawrth Vallis, Mars. Science, 321, 830–833. Bortleson, G.C. and...phyllosilicates observed in the central Mawrth Vallis region, Mars, their potential formational processes...phyllosilicate-bearing and dark mantling units in the greater Mawrth Vallis/west Arabia Terra area: Constraints on geological |  | Moroz, L.V., Basilevsky, A.T., Hiroi, T., Rout, S.S., Baither, D., van der Bogert, C.H., Yakovlev, O.I., Fisenko, A.V., Semjonova, L.F., Rusakov, V.S., Khramov, D.A., Zinovieva, N.G., Arnold, G., Pieters, C.M. (2009) Spectral properties of simulated impact glasses produced from martian soil analogue JSC Mars-1. Icarus, 202 (1). 336-353 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.007 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | glasses produced from martian soil analogue JSC Mars-1 L.V. Moroz a,b,∗ , A.T. Basilevsky c , T. Hiroi...2009 Available online 21 February 2009 Keywords: Mars, surface Spectroscopy Impact processes Regoliths...impact glasses on Mars, an analogue of martian bright soil (altered volcanic soil JSC Mars-1) was melted...Reflectance spectra for several size fractions of the JSC Mars-1 sample and the glasses were acquired between 0...0.3 and 25 μm. The glasses produced from the JSC Mars-1 soil show significant spectral variability depending |  | Ehlmann, Bethany L., Mustard, John F., Clark, Roger N., Swayze, Gregg A., Murchie, Scott L. (2011) Evidence for low-grade metamorphism, hydrothermal alteration, and diagenesis on Mars from phyllosilicate mineral assemblages. Clays and Clay Minerals, 59 (4) 359-377 doi:10.1346/ccmn.2011.0590402 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | METAMORPHISM, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION, AND DIAGENESIS ON MARS FROM PHYLLOSILICATE MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES B E T H...Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has led to...discovery of numerous hydrated silicate minerals on Mars, particularly in the ancient, cratered crust comprising...prehnite, high-charge phyllosilicates (illite or muscovite), the zeolite analcime, opaline silica, and serpentine...analcime-silica-Fe,Mg-smectite-chlorite, (3) chlorite-illite (muscovite), and (4) serpentine, which furthermore has been |  | Brown, Adrian J., Hook, Simon J., Baldridge, Alice M., Crowley, James K., Bridges, Nathan T., Thomson, Bradley J., Marion, Giles M., de Souza Filho, Carlos R., Bishop, Janice L. (2010) Hydrothermal formation of Clay-Carbonate alteration assemblages in the Nili Fossae region of Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 297 (1) 174-182 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.018 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | alteration assemblages in the Nili Fossae region of Mars Adrian J. Brown a,⁎, Simon J. Hook b, Alice M. Baldridge...Available online 17 July 2010 Editor: T. Spohn Keywords: Mars CRISM carbonate clay-carbonate alteration Nili Fossae...Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) has returned observations of the Nili Fossae...implications for hydrothermal processes on Noachian Mars. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction...Mg-carbonate minerals in the Nili Fossae region of Mars (Ehlmann et al., 2008b). Nili Fossae displays a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sensing of Impact-Induced Hydrothermal Systems on Mars Pragya Singh, Ranjan Sarkar, Alok Porwal PII: DOI:...Sensing of Impact-Induced Hydrothermal Systems on Mars, Ore Geology Reviews (2017), doi: https://doi.org/10...Sensing of Impact-Induced Hydrothermal Systems on Mars Article type: Review article Author 1 (Corresponding...hydrous and hydrated minerals have been detected on Mars through space-borne remote-sensing instruments....latter, that is, impact-induced hydrothermalism on Mars detected and mapped using orbital imaging spectroscopic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Canada and implications for spring deposits on Mars Melissa M. Battler a,⇑, Gordon R. Osinski a,b, Neil...history: Available online 11 September 2012 Keywords: Mars Geological processes Mineralogy Astrobiology a...In recent years evidence for spring deposits on Mars has been mounting. It seems increasingly likely...may be responsible for some mineral deposits on Mars’ surface. In order to more easily detect and better...better understand potential spring deposits on Mars, it is pertinent that we gain a better understanding |  | Westall, Frances, Foucher, Frédéric, Bost, Nicolas, Bertrand, Marylène, Loizeau, Damien, Vago, Jorge L., Kminek, Gerhard, Gaboyer, Frédéric, Campbell, Kathleen A., Bréhéret, Jean-Gabriel, Gautret, Pascale, Cockell, Charles S. (2015) Biosignatures on Mars: What, Where, and How? Implications for the Search for Martian Life. Astrobiology, 15 (11) 998-1029 doi:10.1089/ast.2015.1374 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2015 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2015.1374 Biosignatures on Mars: What, Where, and How? Implications for the Search...traces of life is one of the principal objectives of Mars exploration. Central to this objective is the concept...implications of different scenarios for life on Mars for detection by in situ exploration, ranging from...Key Words: Mars—Early Earth—Anaerobic chemotrophs—Biosignatures—Astrobiology missions to Mars. Astrobiology...Points Conditions for the emergence of life on Mars were temporally and spatially heterogeneous with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | missions to photograph inner planets including Earth, Mars, Venus and the moon from the space. Geologic remote...(Fe at M1 Site) CFE (Fe at M2 Site) Amphibole Muscovite Fundamental vibration (Si – O stretching) Vibrational...et al., 1997; Schetselaar et al., 2000; Rowan and Mars, 2003; Hewson et al., 2005; Gomez et al., 2005;..., 2005; van der Meer, 2006; Kruse et al., 2006; Mars and Rowan, 2006, 2010, 2011; Zhang et al., 2007;... Identification of hydrated silicate minerals on Mars using MRO-CRISM: geologic context near Nili Fossae |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | missions to photograph inner planets including Earth, Mars, Venus and the moon from the space. Geologic remote...et al., 1997; Schetselaar et al., 2000; Rowan and Mars, 2003; Hewson et al., 2005; Gomez et al., 2005;..., 2005; van der Meer, 2006; Kruse et al., 2006; Mars and Rowan, 2006, 2010, 2011; Zhang et al., 2007;...2006. Sulfate minerals and organic compounds on Mars. Geology 34, 357–360. Bedini, E., 2009. Mapping..., Carter, J. and Erkeling, G., 2016. Impacts on Mars: Excavation and/or Hydrothermal Alteration. In 79th |  | | Journal (issue) | | The Mineral Collector's Newsletter $3.00 2008 Mars Mineralogical Update More Clays and Water Vivien..."follow the water" has guided NASA's exploration of Mars. In recent years, spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet...spectrometer on board the European Space Agency's Mars Express had previously detected clay minerals, chiefly...Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) took this observation of part of the Nili...2000). (Continues on page 3) 2 Mineral News Mars Mineralogical Update (Continued from page I) ~fore |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Implications for remotely determining chemical trends on Mars Elizabeth B. Rampe, Michael D. Kraft, Thomas G....Implications for remotely determining chemical trends on Mars, Icarus (2013), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j...for remotely 2 determining chemical trends on Mars 3 Elizabeth B. Rampe1,2,3, Michael D. Kraft4,... AZ 85287. 9 Keywords: Infrared Observations; Mars, surface; Mineralogy; Regoliths; Spectroscopy 10...alteration processes. The desire for such data on Mars has prompted investigators to derive 28 chemistry |  | Beaty, D. W., Grady, M. M., McSween, H. Y., Sefton-Nash, E., Carrier, B. L., Altieri, F., Amelin, Y., Ammannito, E., Anand, M., Benning, L. G., Bishop, J. L., Borg, L. E., Boucher, D., Brucato, J. R., Busemann, H., Campbell, K. A., Czaja, A. D., Debaille, V., Des Marais, D. J., Dixon, M., Ehlmann, B. L., Farmer, J. D., Fernandez-Remolar, D. C., Filiberto, J., Fogarty, J., Glavin, D. P., Goreva, Y. S., Hallis, L. J., Harrington, A. D., Hausrath, E. M., Herd, C. D. K., Horgan, B., Humayun, M., Kleine, T., Kleinhenz, J., Mackelprang, R., Mangold, N., Mayhew, L. E., McCoy, J. T., McCubbin, F. M., McLennan, S. M., Moser, D. E., Moynier, F., Mustard, J. F., Niles, P. B., Ori, G. G., Raulin, F., Rettberg, P., Rucker, M. A., Schmitz, N., Schwenzer, S. P., Sephton, M. A., Shaheen, R., Sharp, Z. D., Shuster, D. L., Siljeström, S., Smith, C. L., Spry, J. A., Steele, A., Swindle, T. D., ten Kate, I. L., Tosca, N. J., Usui, T., Van Kranendonk, M. J., Wadhwa, M., Weiss, B. P., Werner, S. C., Westall, F., Wheeler, R. M., Zipfel, J., Zorzano, M. P. (2019) The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 54. doi:10.1111/maps.13242 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return International MSR Objectives and Samples...2018 This report requested by the International Mars Exploration Working Group (IMEWG). Questions or............................................. i.3. Mars Sample Return: History and Current Context............................................. i.3.2 The Mars Sample Return Campaign: Current Concept...........i.6. The Proposed Sample-Related Objectives for Mars Sample Return.................................. |  | Westall, Frances, Foucher, Frédéric, Cavalazzi, Barbara, de Vries, Sjoukje T., Nijman, Wouter, Pearson, Victoria, Watson, Jon, Verchovsky, Alexander, Wright, Ian, Rouzaud, Jean-Noel, Marchesini, Daniele, Anne, Severine (2011) Volcaniclastic habitats for early life on Earth and Mars: A case study from ∼3.5Ga-old rocks from the Pilbara, Australia. Planetary and Space Science, 59 (10) 1093-1106 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2010.09.006 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Volcaniclastic habitats for early life on Earth and Mars: A case study from 3.5 Ga-old rocks from the Pilbara...context of present and future in situ missions to Mars to investigate its habitability and to search for...Noachian environments on Mars. The environmental conditions on Noachian Mars (4.1–3.7 Ga) and the Early...used to identify past habitats and past life on Mars. One such example is the 3.446 Ga-old Kitty’s Gap...deposited in shallow water environments on Noachian Mars. Two main types of habitat are represented, a volcanic |  | Wang, Rui, Cudahy, Tom, Laukamp, Carsten, Walshe, John L., Bath, Adam, Mei, Yuan, Young, Carl, Roache, Tony J., Jenkins, Andrew, Roberts, Malcolm, Barker, Andrew, Laird, Jamie (2017) White Mica as a Hyperspectral Tool in Exploration for the Sunrise Dam and Kanowna Belle Gold Deposits, Western Australia. Economic Geology, 112 (5) 1153-1176 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2017.4505 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Australia 6008 Abstract Patterns in white mica (muscovite, paragonite, and phengite) Al-Si chemistry (Tschermak...mineral type (includes, for example, paragonite, muscovite, † Corresponding author: e-mail, Rui.Wang@csiro...(Guidotti, 1984). Common white mica minerals include: muscovite (KAl2AlSi3O10(OH)2), paragonite (NaAl2AlSi3O10(OH)2)...(OH)2). The three chemical end members, namely muscovite, Mg celadonite, and Fe celadonite, comprise a...where Na and Ca are typically exchanged with K in muscovite, though the converse is difficult for paragonite |  | | Journal (issue) | | ----10 Clay Minerals on Mars By Vivien Gornitz This past year, several Mars orbiting spacecraft and surface...OMEGA imaging spectrometer on board the European Mars Express Spacecraft has recently detected extensive...al., 2005). This finding bolsters the view that Mars was once a much wetter, watery planet than today-an...conducive to the origin of life. The surface of Mars has been largely sculpted by volcanism and pocked...Earth. However, the absence of clay minerals on Mars, except in tiny traces, has remained a puzzle until |  | Caudill, Christy M., Osinski, Gordon R., Pilles, Eric, Sapers, Haley M., Pontefract, Alexandra J., Francis, Raymond, Duff, Shamus, Laughton, Joshua, O'Callaghan, Jonathan, Sopoco, Racel, Tolometti, Gavin, Tuite, Michael, Williford, Kenneth H., Xie, Tianqi (2019) Field and laboratory validation of remote rover operations Science Team findings: The CanMars Mars Sample Return analogue mission. Planetary and Space Science, 176. 104682 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2019.06.006 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rover operations Science Team findings: The CanMars Mars Sample Return analogue mission Christy M. Caudill...rover operations Science Team findings: The CanMars Mars Sample Return analogue mission, Planetary and Space...rover operations Science Team findings: The CanMars Mars Sample Return Analogue Mission 3 4 5 Christy M...CanMars Mars Sample Return Analogue Deployment (MSRAD) was a closely simulated end-to-end Mars Sample...the upcoming NASA Mars 2020 rover mission. The exercise utilized 24 the CSA Mars Exploration Science |  | Kapui, Zs, Kereszturi, A., Kiss, K., Szalai, Z., Újvári, G., Hickman-Lewis, K., Foucher, F., Westall, F. (2018) Fluvial or aeolian grains? Separation of transport agents on Mars using earth analogue observations. Planetary and Space Science, 163. 56-76 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2018.06.007 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | aeolian grains? Separation of transport agents on mars using earth analogue observations Zs Kapui, A. Kereszturi...aeolian grains? Separation of transport agents on mars using earth analogue observations, Planetary and...aeolian grains? Separation of transport agents on Mars using Earth analogue observations Zs. Kapuia*, A...zsuzsanna@csfk.mta.hu (Zs. Kapui) M AN U Highlights • Mars-analogue particulate sediments, including basaltic...be more mature, and differ from fluvial grains on Mars. • Local sedimentary features give important context |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Evidence for Subsurface Hydrothermal Alteration on Mars with Implications for Astrobiology Elias Chatzitheodoridis...evidence of past or present water on the surface of Mars and then, more importantly, to search for the presence...presence of life. Water has already been detected on Mars (Bibring et al., 2004; Arvidson et al., 2005; Bellucci...Gale Crater with the Mast Camera (Mastcam) of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover, indicating...al., 2013). Furthermore, the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on board the MSL Curiosity rover |  | Swayze, G. A., Clark, R. N., Goetz, A. F. H., Livo, K. E., Breit, G. N., Kruse, F. A., Sutley, S. J., Snee, L. W., Lowers, H. A., Post, J. L., Stoffregen, R. E., Ashley, R. P. (2014) Mapping Advanced Argillic Alteration at Cuprite, Nevada, Using Imaging Spectroscopy. Economic Geology, 109 (5) 1179-1221 doi:10.2113/econgeo.109.5.1179 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2003; Clark et al., 2003; Swayze et al., 2003; Mars and Rowan, 2006, 2010; Chen et al., 2010; and many...identification. Quantitative elemental analyses of muscovite and illite field samples were obtained using a...demonstrated terrestrially (Ong et al., 2003) and on Mars (Milliken et al., 2008; Farrand et al., 2009). In...(10) Lab AVIRIS 0.1 0.6 Lab Chlorite + Muscovite CU93-65A 0.3 Alunite + Kaolinite AVIRIS AMX3...(6E) Lab SCALED REFLECTANCE 0.1 Kaolinite + Muscovite AMX12 0.4 0.3 Lab Buddingtonite GDS85 0.2 |  | | Report (issue) | | (pbk.) 1. Planets—Geology. 2. Earth—Surface. 3. Mars (Planet)—Geology—Earth analogs. I. Garry, W. Brent...preparation for planetary field geology on the Moon and Mars .... H.H. Schmitt, A.W. Snoke, M.A. Helper, J...To, and H. Utz 9. Habitat dust contamination at a Mars analog............00 000 ccc ccc ccc cc cece eens...debris-flow tracks on Svalbard as planetary analogs for Mars........ 165 D. Reiss, E. Hauber, H. Hiesinger, R...Terrestrial analogs for cold-climate landforms on Mars... 177 E. Hauber, D. Reiss, M. Ulrich, F. Preusker |
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