The Pahrump Succession in Gale Crater — A Potential Evaporite Bearing Lacustrine Mudstone with Resemblance to Earth Analogs
Abstract
Basal deposits of Mt. Sharp are mudstone-dominated strata that resemble lacustrine evaporites on Earth and record the presence of a long-lived body of water.
- Publication:
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46th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2015
- Bibcode:
- 2015LPI....46.2153S