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A Review of the Phyllosilicates in Gale Crater as Detected by the CheMin Instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity Rover

scientific article

A spectroscopy and isotope study of sediments from the Antarctic Dry Valleys as analogues for potential paleolakes on Mars

A synthesis of Martian aqueous mineralogy after 1 Mars year of observations from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

scholarly article

An astrobiological perspective on Meridiani Planum

Biogeochemistry of Hypersaline Microbial Mats Illustrates the Dynamics of Modern Microbial Ecosystems and the Early Evolution of the Biosphere ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2003

Biosignature Preservation and Detection in Mars Analog Environments.

scientific article

Brine-driven destruction of clay minerals in Gale crater, Mars ⬇️

scientific article

Carbon isotopic composition of lipid biomarkers from an endoevaporitic gypsum crust microbial mat reveals cycling of mineralized organic carbon

scientific article published on 30 July 2019

Characterization and petrologic interpretation of olivine-rich basalts at Gusev Crater, Mars

scientific article published in 2006

Characterizing the Phyllosilicate Component of the Sheepbed Mudstone in Gale Crater, Mars Using Laboratory XRD and EGA ⬇️

conference paper published in 2014

CheMin Instrument Performance and Calibration on Mars ⬇️

conference paper published in 2013

Chemical Composition of Crystalline, Smectite, and Amorphous Components for Rocknest Soil and John Klein and Cumberland Mudstone Drill Fines Using APXS, CheMin, and SAM Datasets from Gale Crater, Mars ⬇️

conference paper published in 2014

Chuar Group of the Grand Canyon: record of breakup of Rodinia, associated change in the global carbon cycle, and ecosystem expansion by 740 Ma

scientific article

Clay Minerals of Glen Torridon, Mount Sharp, Gale Crater, Mars ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

Clay Minerals of the Clay-Bearing Unit, Mount Sharp, Gale Crater, Mars ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

Clay mineral diversity and abundance in sedimentary rocks of Gale crater, Mars. ⬇️

scientific article published on 6 June 2018

Clay minerals in delta deposits and organic preservation potential on Mars

scientific article (publication date: 18 May 2008)

Collapsed Smectite in Gale Crater: Martian Clay Minerals May Have Been on Acid ⬇️

conference paper published in 2018

Comment: The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return

scholarly article

Comparative ecology of H2 cycling in sedimentary and phototrophic ecosystems

scientific article

Crystal chemistry of martian minerals from Bradbury Landing through Naukluft Plateau, Gale crater, Mars

scholarly article by Shaunna M. Morrison et al published 1 June 2018 in American Mineralogist

Crystal-Chemical Analysis of Martian Minerals in Gale Crater ⬇️

conference paper published in 2015

Crystal-Chemical Analysis of Soil at Rocknest, Gale Crater ⬇️

conference paper published in 2013

Curiosity at Gale crater, Mars: characterization and analysis of the Rocknest sand shadow

scientific article

Deciphering Biosignatures in Planetary Contexts

scientific article published on 22 July 2019

Depositional facies and aqueous-solid geochemistry of travertine-depositing hot springs (Angel Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, U.S.A.).

scientific article published on May 2000

Detection of Siderite (FeCO3) in Glen Torridon Samples by the Mars Science Laboratory Rover ⬇️

conference paper published in 2020

Detection of silica-rich deposits on Mars

scientific article

Diagenesis in the Murray Formation, Gale Crater, Mars ⬇️

conference paper published in 2016

Dimethyl sulphide and methanethiol formation in microbial mats: potential pathways for biogenic signatures

scientific article published in April 2003

Early diagenetic sequestration of microbial mat lipid biomarkers through covalent binding into insoluble macromolecular organic matter (IMOM) as revealed by sequential chemolysis and catalytic hydropyrolysis

scholarly article

Elemental geochemistry of sedimentary rocks at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars

scientific article

Evidence for Multiple Diagenetic Episodes in Ancient Fluvial-Lacustrine Sedimentary Rocks in Gale Crater, Mars ⬇️

scientific article published on 13 August 2020

Exploring for a record of ancient Martian life

scientific article

First X-Ray Diffraction Results from Mars Science Laboratory: Mineralogy of Rocknest Aeolian Bedform at Gale Crater ⬇️

conference paper published in 2013

High-Temperature, Perhaps Silicic, Volcanism on Mars Evidenced by Tridymite Detection in High-SiO2 Sedimentary Rock at Gale Crater, Mars ⬇️

conference paper published in 2016

Hydrothermal Precipitation of Sanidine (Adularia) Having Full Al,Si Structural Disorder and Specular Hematite at Maunakea Volcano (Hawai'i) and at Gale Crater (Mars) ⬇️

scientific article published in September 2020

Identification of hydrated silicate minerals on Mars using MRO-CRISM: Geologic context near Nili Fossae and implications for aqueous alteration

scholarly article

Initial Results of Rover Localization and Topographic Mapping for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rover Mission

scientific article published in October 2005

Inorganic carbon-isotope distribution and budget in the Lake Hoare and Lake Fryxell basins, Taylor Valley, Antarctica

scholarly article

Introduction of John M. Hayes for the 1997 Alfred E. Treibs Award ⬇️

scholarly article

Iron and Sulfur Mineralogy of Gale Crater Sediments Signals Changes in Habitable Conditions During Diagenesis ⬇️

conference paper published in 2015

Isotopic evidence for changes in the biogeochemical carbon cycle during the early-and mid-proterzoic eon: Implications for the biosphere and atmosphere

scientific article published in 1996

Isotopic evolution of the biogeochemical carbon cycle during the Proterozoic Eon

scientific article published in 1997

Key science questions from the second conference on early Mars: geologic, hydrologic, and climatic evolution and the implications for life

scientific article published on December 2005

Large wind ripples on Mars: A record of atmospheric evolution

scientific article published on July 2016

Lipophilic pigments from cyanobacterial (blue-green algal) and diatom mats in Hamelin Pool, Shark Bay, Western Australia

scientific article published in January 1989

Long-term manipulations of intact microbial mat communities in a greenhouse collaboratory: simulating earth's present and past field environments

scientific article published in January 2002

Low Hesperian PCO2 constrained from in situ mineralogical analysis at Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article

Mars Extant Life: What's Next? Conference Report ⬇️

scientific article published on 28 May 2020

Microbial mats, stromatolites and the rise of oxygen in the Precambrian atmosphere.

scientific article published in January 1991

Mineral Trends in Early Hesperian Lacustrine Mudstone at Gale Crater, Mars ⬇️

conference paper published in 2017

Mineralogy and Elemental Composition of Wind Drift Soil at Rocknest, Gale Crater ⬇️

conference paper published in 2013

Mineralogy by X-Ray Diffraction on Mars: The CheMin Instrument on Mars Science Laboratory ⬇️

conference paper published in 2014

Mineralogy of Aeolian Sand in Gale Crater, Mars ⬇️

conference paper published in 2018

Mineralogy of Eolian Sands at Gale Crater ⬇️

conference paper published in 2016

Mineralogy of Vera Rubin Ridge From the Mars Science Laboratory CheMin Instrument ⬇️

journal paper

Mineralogy of Vera Rubin Ridge in Gale Crater from the Mars Science Laboratory CheMin Instrument ⬇️

conference paper published in 2020

Mineralogy of a mudstone at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars

scientific article

Mineralogy of an active eolian sediment from the Namib dune, Gale crater, Mars

scholarly article

Molecular carbon isotopic evidence for the origin of geothermal hydrocarbons

scientific article published in Nature

Orbital identification of carbonate-bearing rocks on Mars

scientific article

Organic molecules in the Sheepbed Mudstone, Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article

Overview of the Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover Mission to Meridiani Planum: Eagle Crater to Purgatory Ripple

scientific article

Overview of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover Mission to Gusev Crater: Landing site to Backstay Rock in the Columbia Hills

scientific article published in 2006

Potential Cement Phases in Sedimentary Rocks Drilled by Curiosity at Gale Crater, Mars ⬇️

conference paper published in 2015

Preservation of martian organic and environmental records: final report of the Mars biosignature working group

scientific article

Relationships between unit-cell parameters and composition for rock-forming minerals on Earth, Mars, and other extraterrestrial bodies

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 103 no. 6, June 2018

Remote sensing of planetary properties and biosignatures on extrasolar terrestrial planets

scientific article published on January 2002

Sand Mineralogy Within the Bagnold Dunes, Gale Crater, as Observed In Situ and From Orbit ⬇️

scholarly article by Elizabeth B. Rampe et al published 27 September 2018 in Geophysical Research Letters

Science Definition of the Mars Science Laboratory Sample Cache ⬇️

conference paper published in 2008

Silicic volcanism on Mars evidenced by tridymite in high-SiO2 sedimentary rock at Gale crater ⬇️

scientific article

Spirit Mars Rover Mission: Overview and selected results from the northern Home Plate Winter Haven to the side of Scamander crater

article

Spirit rover localization and topographic mapping at the landing site of Gusev crater, Mars

scholarly article

Stable isotopic compositions of carbonates from the Mesoproterozoic Bangemall Group, northwestern Australia

scholarly article

Terrestrial Hot Spring Systems: Introduction

scientific article published on 19 August 2019

The Amorphous Component in Martian Basaltic Soil in Global Perspective from MSL and MER Missions ⬇️

conference paper published in 2013

The Mineralogical Record of Ancient Fluvio-Lacustrine Environments in Gale Crater as Measured by the MSL CheMin Instrument ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap

scientific article

The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap

article by David J Des Marais et al published August 2008 in Astrobiology

The Opportunity Rover's Athena science investigation at Meridiani Planum, Mars

scientific article

The carbon isotope biogeochemistry of the individual hydrocarbons in bat guano and the ecology of the insectivorous bats in the region of Carlsbad, New Mexico

scientific article published in 1980

The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return

scientific article published in March 2019

The role of biofilms in the sedimentology of actively forming gypsum deposits at Guerrero Negro, Mexico

scientific article published in November 2009

The role of microbial mats in the production of reduced gases on the early Earth

scientific article

Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars

scientific article

Water alteration of rocks and soils on Mars at the Spirit rover site in Gusev crater

scientific article published on July 2005

What the ancient phyllosilicates at Mawrth Vallis can tell us about possible habitability on early Mars

article

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