The Yellowknife Bay formation represents a ~5 m thick stratigraphic section of lithified fluvial and lacustrine sediments analyzed by the Curiosity rover in Gale crater, Mars. Previous works have mainly focused on the mudstones that were drilled by the rover at two locations. The present study focuses on the sedimentary rocks stratigraphically above the mudstones by studying their...
Authors
Nicolas Mangold, Olivier Forni, G. Dromart, K.M. Stack, Roger Wiens, Olivier Gasnault, Dawn Sumner, Marion Nachon, Pierre-Yves Meslin, Ryan B. Anderson, Bruce Barraclough, J.F. Bell, G. Berger, D.L. Blaney, J.C. Bridges, F. Calef, Brian Clark, Samuel Clegg, Agnes Cousin, L. Edgar, Kenneth S. Edgett, B.L. Ehlmann, Cecile Fabre, M. Fisk, John P. Grotzinger, S.C. Gupta, Kenneth Herkenhoff, J.A. Hurowitz, J. Johnson, Linda C. Kah, Nina Lanza, Jeremie Lasue, S. Le Mouélic, Eric Lewin, Michael Malin, Scott McLennan, S. Maurice, Noureddine Melikechi, Alissa Mezzacappa, Ralph Milliken, H.L. Newsome, A. Ollila, Scott Rowland, Violaine Sautter, M.E. Schmidt, S. Schroder, C. D'Uston, Dave Vaniman, R. Williams