Aqueous Processes and Microbial Habitability of Gale Crater Sediments from the Blunts Point to the Glenn Torridon Clay Unit

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Aqueous Processes and Microbial Habitability of Gale Crater Sediments from the Blunts Point to the Glenn Torridon Clay Unit

Sutter, Brad / Mcadam, Amy C. / Achilles, Cherie N. / Rampe, Elizabeth B. / Archer, Paul D. / Thompson, L. M. / Ming, Douglas W. / Stern, Jennifer C. / House, C. H. / Navarro-Gonzalez, R. / ... [more]

Abstract

A driving factor for sending the Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity rover to Gale Crater was the orbital detection of clay minerals in the Glen Torridon (GT) clay unit. Clay mineral detections in GT suggested a past aqueous environment that was habitable, and could contain organic evidence of past microbiology. The mission of the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument onboard Curiosity was to detect organic evidence of past microbiology and to detect volatile bearing mineralogy that can inform on whether past geochemical conditions would have supported microbiological activity. The objective of this work was to 1) evaluate the depositional/alteration conditions of Blunt’s Point (BP) to GT sediments 2) search for evidence of organics, and 3) evaluate microbial habitability in the BP, Vera Rubin Ridge (VRR), and GT sedimentary rock.

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Title :

Aqueous Processes and Microbial Habitability of Gale Crater Sediments from the Blunts Point to the Glenn Torridon Clay Unit

Contributors:

Sutter, Brad (author) / Mcadam, Amy C. (author) / Achilles, Cherie N. (author) / Rampe, Elizabeth B. (author) / Archer, Paul D. (author) / Thompson, L. M. (author) / Ming, Douglas W. (author) / Stern, Jennifer C. (author) / House, C. H. (author) / Navarro-Gonzalez, R. (author)

Conference:

Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) ; 2020 ; The Woodlands, TX, United States

Publication date :

2020-03-16

Type of media :

Conference paper

Type of material :

No indication

Language :

English

Keywords :

Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration