Journal articles
Diagenetic silica enrichment and late-stage groundwater activity in Gale crater, Mars
J. Frydenvang
1, 2, *
P. J. Gasda
1
J. A. Hurowitz
3
J. P. Grotzinger
4
R. C. Wiens
1
H. E. Newsom
5
K. S. Edgett
6
J. Watkins
4
J. C. Bridges
7
S. Maurice
8
M. R. Fisk
9
J. R. Johnson
10
W. Rapin
4
N. T. Stein
4
S. M. Clegg
1
S. P. Schwenzer
11
C. C. Bedford
11
P. Edwards
7
N. Mangold
12
A. Cousin
8
R. B. Anderson
13
V. Payré
14
D. Vaniman
15
D. F. Blake
16
N. L. Lanza
1
S. Gupta
17
J. van Beek
6
V. Sautter
18
P. -Y. Meslin
8
M. Rice
19
R. Milliken
20
R. Gellert
21
L. Thompson
22
B. C. Clark
23
D. Y. Sumner
24
A. A. Fraeman
25
K. M. Kinch
2
M. B. Madsen
2
I. G. Mitrofanov
26
I. Jun
25
F. Calef
25
A. R. Vasavada
25
*
Corresponding author
J. Frydenvang 1, 2
Correspondent author
P. J. Gasda 1
Author
J. A. Hurowitz 3
Author
J. P. Grotzinger 4
Author
F. Calef 25
Author
A. R. Vasavada 25
Author
1
LANL - Los Alamos National Laboratory (P.O. Box 1663 Los Alamos, NM 87545 - United States)
2
Faculty of Science [Copenhagen] (Bülowsvej 17
1870 Frederiksberg C
Copenhagen
- Denmark)
- KU - University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (Nørregade 10, 1165 København, Danemark - Denmark)
3
SBU - Stony Brook University [SUNY] (100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794 - United States)
- SUNY - State University of New York (United States)
4
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences [Pasadena] (United States)
- CALTECH - California Institute of Technology (1200 East California Blvd, Pasadena, California 91125 - United States)
5
EPS - Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences [Albuquerque] (Northrop Hall Albuquerque, NM 87131 - United States)
- The University of New Mexico [Albuquerque] (Albuquerque, Nouveau-Mexique 87131 - United States)
6
MSSS - Malin Space Science Systems (San Diego, CA - United States)
7
Department of Physics and Astronomy [Leicester] (University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, - United Kingdom)
- University of Leicester (University Rd, Leicester LE1 7RH - United Kingdom)
8
IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (9 avenue Colonel Roche 31028 Toulouse - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers : UMR5277 (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (118 route de Narbonne - 31062 Toulouse - France)
- Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (41 Allée Jules Guesde, 31000 Toulouse - France)
- OMP - Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (14 avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 TOULOUSE - France)
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- Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (41 Allée Jules Guesde, 31000 Toulouse - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UAR 831 (France)
- IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (Siège Le Sextant 44, bd de Dunkerque CS 90009 13572 Marseille cedex 02 - France)
- Météo-France (73 avenue de Paris 94165 Saint-Mande Cedex - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR5277 (France)
9
CEOAS - College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences [Corvallis] (Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 - United States)
- OSU - Oregon State University (1500 SW Jefferson St., Corvallis, OR 97331 - United States)
10
APL - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD] (11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland - United States)
11
The Open University Business School [Milton Keynes] (United Kingdom)
- OU - The Open University [Milton Keynes] (Walton Hall, Kents Hill, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA - United Kingdom)
12
LPG - Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique [UMR 6112] (2 Rue de la Houssinière - BP 92208 44322 NANTES CEDEX 3 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR6112 (France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers : UMR6112 (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- UN UFR ST - Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques : UMR6112 (2, rue de la Houssinière - BP 92208 - 44322 Nantes cedex 3 - France)
- UN - Université de Nantes (1, quai de Tourville - BP 13522 - 44035 Nantes cedex 1 - France)
- UA - Université d'Angers : UMR6112 (Université d'Angers - 40 Rue de Rennes, BP 73532 - 49035 Angers CEDEX 01 - France)
13
USGS - United States Geological Survey (United States)
14
GeoRessources (Université de Lorraine, Faculté des Sciences et Technologies, rue Jacques Callot, BP 70239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR7359 (France)
- UL - Université de Lorraine (34 cours Léopold - CS 25233 - 54052 Nancy cedex - France)
- CREGU - Centre de recherches sur la géologie des matières premières minérales et énergétiques (BP 20023, 54501 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy cedex, France - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
15
PSI - Planetary Science Institute [Tucson] (1700 E Fort Lowell Rd., Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719 - United States)
16
ARC - NASA Ames Research Center (Moffett Field, California 94035 - United States)
17
Department of Earth Science and Engineering [Imperial College London] (South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ - United Kingdom)
- Imperial College London (South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ - United Kingdom)
18
IMPMC - Institut de minéralogie, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie (Tour 23 - Barre 22-23 - 4e étage - BC 115 - 4 place Jussieu - 75252 Paris - France)
- UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 : UM120 (4 place Jussieu - 75005 Paris - France)
- Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR206 (France)
- MNHN - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (57, rue Cuvier - 75231 Paris Cedex 05 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR7590 (France)
19
WWU - Western Washington University (516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225 - United States)
20
Department of Geological Sciences [Providence] (324 Brook St., Providence, RI 02912, USA - United States)
- Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island 02912 - United States)
21
Department of Physics [Guelph] (Canada)
- University of Guelph (50 Stone Road Easr, Guelph, Ontario, N1G2W1 - Canada)
22
UNB - University of New Brunswick (UNB Fredericton P.O. Box 4400 Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada E3B 5A3 - UNB Saint John 100 Tucker Park Road P.O. Box 5050 Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada E2L 4L5 - Canada)
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SSI - Space Science Institute [Boulder] (4750 Walnut St, Suite 205,
Boulder, CO 80301 - United States)
24
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences [Davis] (One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 - United States)
- UC Davis - University of California [Davis] (One Shields Avenue, , Davis, CA 95616-5294 - United States)
- University of California (United States)
25
JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA - United States)
- CALTECH - California Institute of Technology (1200 East California Blvd, Pasadena, California 91125 - United States)
- NASA (www.nasa.gov - United States)
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IKI - Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (117997, 84/32 Profsoyuznaya Str, Moscow - Russia)
- RAS - Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] (Leninsky Ave, 14, Moscow, Russie, 119991 - Russia)
Abstract : Diagenetic silica enrichment in fracture-associated halos that crosscut lacustrine and unconformably overlying aeolian sedimentary bedrock is observed on the lower north slope of Aeolis Mons in Gale crater, Mars. The diagenetic silica enrichment is colocated with detrital silica enrichment observed in the lacustrine bedrock yet extends into a considerably younger, unconformably draping aeolian sandstone, implying that diagenetic silica enrichment postdates the detrital silica enrichment. A causal connection between the detrital and diagenetic silica enrichment implies that water was present in the subsurface of Gale crater long after deposition of the lacustrine sediments and that it mobilized detrital amorphous silica and precipitated it along fractures in the overlying bedrock. Although absolute timing is uncertain, the observed diagenesis likely represents some of the most recent groundwater activity in Gale crater and suggests that the timescale of potential habitability extended considerably beyond the time that the lacustrine sediments of Aeolis Mons were deposited.
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- BIBCODE : 2017GeoRL..44.4716F
- DOI : 10.1002/2017GL073323
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J. Frydenvang, P. J. Gasda, J. A. Hurowitz, J. P. Grotzinger, R. C. Wiens, et al.. Diagenetic silica enrichment and late-stage groundwater activity in Gale crater, Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, American Geophysical Union, 2017, 44, pp.4716-4724. ⟨10.1002/2017GL073323⟩. ⟨insu-03665968⟩
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