In Situ Geologic Context Mapping Transect on the Floor of Jezero Crater From Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Observations
(2023) In Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 128(10).- Abstract
In situ geologic context mapping based on rover and helicopter observations provides documentation of a nearly continuous record of geology and exposed surface structure over a 120 m-wide corridor along the traverse of the Mars 2020/Perseverance rover. The results record the geologic context of Mars 2020 campaign sites and sample sites, including the local extent of bedrock outcrops, stratigraphy, attitude, and structure from imaging and rover-based remote sensing, and outcrop lithology based on in situ proximity science. Mapping identifies a sequence of igneous lithologies including (a) early mafic, possibly intrusive, rocks; (b) pervasively fractured and deeply altered massive bedrock of undetermined protolith; (c) buried and exhumed... (More)
In situ geologic context mapping based on rover and helicopter observations provides documentation of a nearly continuous record of geology and exposed surface structure over a 120 m-wide corridor along the traverse of the Mars 2020/Perseverance rover. The results record the geologic context of Mars 2020 campaign sites and sample sites, including the local extent of bedrock outcrops, stratigraphy, attitude, and structure from imaging and rover-based remote sensing, and outcrop lithology based on in situ proximity science. Mapping identifies a sequence of igneous lithologies including (a) early mafic, possibly intrusive, rocks; (b) pervasively fractured and deeply altered massive bedrock of undetermined protolith; (c) buried and exhumed lava flows with pahoehoe and aa textures; (d) several varieties of regolith; and (e) small impact craters.
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- field geology, geology, Jezero Crater, mapping, Mars, Perseverance rover
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- Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
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- 10.1029/2022JE007444
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abstract = {{<p>In situ geologic context mapping based on rover and helicopter observations provides documentation of a nearly continuous record of geology and exposed surface structure over a 120 m-wide corridor along the traverse of the Mars 2020/Perseverance rover. The results record the geologic context of Mars 2020 campaign sites and sample sites, including the local extent of bedrock outcrops, stratigraphy, attitude, and structure from imaging and rover-based remote sensing, and outcrop lithology based on in situ proximity science. Mapping identifies a sequence of igneous lithologies including (a) early mafic, possibly intrusive, rocks; (b) pervasively fractured and deeply altered massive bedrock of undetermined protolith; (c) buried and exhumed lava flows with pahoehoe and aa textures; (d) several varieties of regolith; and (e) small impact craters.</p>}},
author = {{Crumpler, L. S. and Horgan, B. H.N. and Simon, J. I. and Stack, K. M. and Alwmark, S. and Gilles, D. and Wiens, R. C. and Udry, A. and Brown, A. J. and Russell, P. and Amundson, H. E.F. and Hamran, S. E. and Bell, J. and Shuster, D. and Calef, F. J. and Núñez, J. and Cohen, B. A. and Flannery, D. and Herd, C. D.K. and Hand, K. P. and Maki, J. N. and Schmidt, M. and Golombek, M. P. and Williams, N. R.}},
issn = {{2169-9097}},
keywords = {{field geology; geology; Jezero Crater; mapping; Mars; Perseverance rover}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{10}},
publisher = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
series = {{Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets}},
title = {{In Situ Geologic Context Mapping Transect on the Floor of Jezero Crater From Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Observations}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007444}},
doi = {{10.1029/2022JE007444}},
volume = {{128}},
year = {{2023}},
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