Subsurface Profiles of Organics Obtained by Core Drilling in Jurassic Sediments at a Mars Analog Site in Utah
Abstract
We obtained rock cores (0.6-1.6 m depth) from ancient (150 m.y. old) sediments at a Mars analog site in Utah using a prototype Mars drill. We report the depth profile of organics from these samples to illustrate the utility of drilling on Mars.
- Publication:
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43rd Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012LPI....43.2850S