Orbital Identification of Carbonate-Bearing Rocks on Mars

By Bethany L. Ehlmann, J. F. Mustard, Scott L. Murchie, François Poulet, Janice L. Bishop, Adrian. J. Brown, W. Calvin, R. Clark, David J. Des Marais, Ralph E. Milliken and 4 more. Science, 2008

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Mineralogy of the Martian Surface (2014, background): “Carbonatebearing rock detections reported by Ehlmann et al. (2008b) and reviewed in Niles et al. (2013) (square indicates Phoenix lander soil carbonate).”
The Sedimentary Rock Record of Mars: Distribution, Origins, and Global Stratigraphy (2012, background): “Although local occurrences of carbonates have been detected both from orbit (Ehlmann et al. 2008b) and in situ (Boynton et al.”
An improvement to the volcano-scan algorithm for atmospheric correction of CRISM and OMEGA spectral data (2009, background): “…has improved the understanding of martian geological evolution by more detailed mapping of sulfates (Murchie et al. 2009) and phyllosilicates (Mustard et al. 2008; Bishop et al. 2008), as well as detections of outcrops of hydrated silica (Milliken et al. 2008) and carbonates (Ehlmann et al. 2008).”
Juvenile Chemical Sediments and the Long Term Persistence of Water at the Surface of Mars (2009, background): “Chemically benign conditions appear to surround carbonate and clay-bearing assemblages (Ehlmann et al., 2008a; Mustard et al., 2008), while saline minerals reflect a harsher chemical environment before liquid surface water was largely lost (Tosca et al., 2008).”
The Sample Analysis at Mars Investigation and Instrument Suite (2012, background): “Carbonates, which store much of the Earth’s CO2, have been detected at only low abundance regionally on Mars, such as the Nili Fossae region from orbital observations (Ehlmann et al. 2008) and in situ by the Spirit Rover (Morris et al. 2010).”
Global modelling of the early Martian climate under a denser CO2 atmosphere: Water cycle and ice evolution (2012, background): “Few Late Noachian open-basin lakes [Fassett and Head, 2008b] show evidence of extensive in-situ phyllosilicates on their floors [Goudge et al., 2012] and in those that do, the clays appear to have been transported there from older deposits by way of valley networks [e.g., Ehlmann et al., 2008].”
Petrology on Mars (2015, background): “The spectra of ultramafic rocks in Nili Fossae indicate either serpentine, magnesite, and possibly talc (Ehlmann et al. 2008, 2009, 2010; Viviano et al. 2013), as predicted for this metamorphic grade.”
Selection of the Mars Science Laboratory Landing Site (2012, methodology): “In Jezero crater, the ellipse is on likely volcanic materials filling the crater floor and east of phyllosilicate-bearing, late-Noachian fluvial fan deposits (Ehlmann et al. 2008a; Fassett and Head 2005).”
Mapping the methane on Mars (2010, background): “…regions of Arabia Terrae have been instead associated with an extensive subsurface deposit of permafrost (Boynton et al. 2007), while the corresponding surface is enriched in hydrated silicates (Mustard et al. 2008) and other water-related minerals such as carbonates (Ehlmann et al. 2008).”
Revised CRISM spectral parameters and summary products based on the currently detected mineral diversity on Mars (2014, background): “Carbonates have been identified through orbital observations in Nili Fossae [Ehlmann et al., 2008, 2009], and throughout Tyrhenna Terra to the south of Isidis Basin and Syrtis Major [Ehlmann et al., 2008; Michalski and Niles, 2010; Wray et al., 2011a].”
Geologic history of Mars (2010, background): “Although some carbonates have been detected from orbit (Ehlmann et al., 2008), extensive deposits have not been detected (Bibring et al., 2006).”
Impact-generated hydrothermal systems capable of forming phyllosilicates on Noachian Mars (2009, methodology): “The CRISM instrument confi rmed the presence of smectite and micas (kaolinite, Fe/Mg-smectite, saponite, illite/muscovite, and chlorite) (Noe Dobrea et al., 2008) and also detected hydrous silica (Mustard et al., 2008), zeolite (Ehlmann et al., 2008a), and carbonate (Ehlmann et al., 2008b).”