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Recognition of Sedimentary Rock Occurrences in Satellite and Aerial Images of Other Worlds—Insights from Mars by Edgett, Kenneth S., Sarkar, Ranjan

“…Sedimentary rocks provide records of past surface and subsurface processes and environments. The first step in the study of the sedimentary rock record of…”
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Mars Science Laboratory Mission and Science Investigation by Grotzinger, John P., Crisp, Joy, Vasavada, Ashwin R., Anderson, Robert C., Baker, Charles J., Barry, Robert, Blake, David F., Conrad, Pamela, Edgett, Kenneth S., Ferdowski, Bobak, Gellert, Ralf, Gilbert, John B., Golombek, Matt, Gómez-Elvira, Javier, Hassler, Donald M., Jandura, Louise, Litvak, Maxim, Mahaffy, Paul, Maki, Justin, Meyer, Michael, Malin, Michael C., Mitrofanov, Igor, Simmonds, John J., Vaniman, David, Welch, Richard V., Wiens, Roger C.

“…Scheduled to land in August of 2012, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Mission was initiated to explore the habitability of Mars. This includes both modern…”
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Ancient Martian aeolian processes and palaeomorphology reconstructed from the Stimson formation on the lower slope of Aeolis Mons, Gale crater, Mars by Banham, Steven G., Gupta, Sanjeev, Rubin, David M., Watkins, Jessica A., Sumner, Dawn Y., Edgett, Kenneth S., Grotzinger, John P., Lewis, Kevin W., Edgar, Lauren A., Stack‐Morgan, Kathryn M., Barnes, Robert, Bell, James F., Day, Mackenzie D., Ewing, Ryan C., Lapotre, Mathieu G.A., Stein, Nathan T., Rivera‐Hernandez, Frances, Vasavada, Ashwin R.

“…Reconstruction of the palaeoenvironmental context of Martian sedimentary rocks is central to studies of ancient Martian habitability and regional palaeoclimate…”
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Context Camera Investigation on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter by Malin, Michael C., Bell III, James F., Cantor, Bruce A., Caplinger, Michael A., Calvin, Wendy M., Clancy, R. Todd, Edgett, Kenneth S., Edwards, Lawrence, Haberle, Robert M., James, Philip B., Lee, Steven W., Ravine, Michael A., Thomas, Peter C., Wolff, Michael J.

“…The Context Camera (CTX) on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a Facility Instrument (i.e., government‐furnished equipment operated by a science team not…”
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Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera: Interplanetary cruise through primary mission by Malin, Michael C., Edgett, Kenneth S.

“…More than three years of high-resolution (1.5-20 m/pixel) photographic observations of the surface of Mars have dramatically changed our view of that planet…”
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Present-Day Impact Cratering Rate and Contemporary Gully Activity on Mars by Malin, Michael C, Edgett, Kenneth S, Posiolova, Liliya V, McColley, Shawn M, Dobrea, Eldar Z. Noe

“…The Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera has acquired data that establish the present-day impact cratering rate and document new deposits formed by…”
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Ancient Stratigraphy Preserving a Wet‐to‐Dry, Fluvio‐Lacustrine to Aeolian Transition Near Barth Crater, Arabia Terra, Mars by Day, Mackenzie, Edgett, Kenneth S., Stumbaugh, Dominique

“…Ancient lacustrine and aeolian sediments have been separately identified in a variety of locations on Mars. In this work, we interpret the depositional history…”
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Distribution of Mid-Latitude Ground Ice on Mars from New Impact Craters by Byrne, Shane, Dundas, Colin M, Kennedy, Megan R, Mellon, Michael T, McEwen, Alfred S, Cull, Selby C, Daubar, Ingrid J, Shean, David E, Seelos, Kimberly D, Murchie, Scott L, Cantor, Bruce A, Arvidson, Raymond E, Edgett, Kenneth S, Reufer, Andreas, Thomas, Nicolas, Harrison, Tanya N, Posiolova, Liliya V, Seelos, Frank P

“…New impact craters at five sites in the martian mid-latitudes excavated material from depths of decimeters that has a brightness and color indicative of water…”
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Syndepositional precipitation of calcium sulfate in Gale Crater, Mars by Kah, Linda C., Stack, Kathryn M., Eigenbrode, Jennifer L., Yingst, R. Aileen, Edgett, Kenneth S.

“…Lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the Murray formation, Gale Crater, Mars, contain evidence for early diagenetic mineral precipitation. High‐resolution MAHLI…”
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Origin and composition of three heterolithic boulder- and cobble-bearing deposits overlying the Murray and Stimson formations, Gale Crater, Mars by Wiens, Roger C., Edgett, Kenneth S., Stack, Kathryn M., Dietrich, William E., Bryk, Alexander B., Mangold, Nicolas, Bedford, Candice, Gasda, Patrick, Fairén, Alberto, Thompson, Lucy, Johnson, Jeff, Gasnault, Olivier, Clegg, Sam, Cousin, Agnes, Forni, Olivier, Frydenvang, Jens, Lanza, Nina, Maurice, Sylvestre, Newsom, Horton, Ollila, Ann, Payré, Valerie, Rivera-Hernandez, Frances, Vasavada, Ashwin

“…Heterolithic, boulder-containing, pebble-strewn surfaces occur along the lower slopes of Aeolis Mons (“Mt. Sharp”) in Gale crater, Mars. They were observed in…”
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Evidence for Persistent Flow and Aqueous Sedimentation on Early Mars by Malin, Michael C., Edgett, Kenneth S.

“…Landforms representative of sedimentary processes and environments that occurred early in martian history have been recognized in Mars Global Surveyor Mars…”
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Mars Orbiter Camera observations of Martian dust devils and their tracks (September 1997 to January 2006) and evaluation of theoretical vortex models by Cantor, Bruce A., Kanak, Katharine M., Edgett, Kenneth S.

“…A multiyear, planet‐wide survey of Martian dust devils was conducted using observations from Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera, acquired through 21…”
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Encounters with an unearthly mudstone: Understanding the first mudstone found on Mars by Schieber, Juergen, Bish, David, Coleman, Max, Reed, Mark, Hausrath, Elisabeth M., Cosgrove, John, Gupta, Sanjeev, Minitti, Michelle E., Edgett, Kenneth S., Malin, Mike, Sheldon, Nathan

“…The Sheepbed mudstone forms the base of the strata examined by the Curiosity rover in Gale Crater on Mars, and is the first bona fide mudstone known on another…”
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Curiosity’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) Investigation by Edgett, Kenneth S., Yingst, R. Aileen, Ravine, Michael A., Caplinger, Michael A., Maki, Justin N., Ghaemi, F. Tony, Schaffner, Jacob A., Bell, James F., Edwards, Laurence J., Herkenhoff, Kenneth E., Heydari, Ezat, Kah, Linda C., Lemmon, Mark T., Minitti, Michelle E., Olson, Timothy S., Parker, Timothy J., Rowland, Scott K., Schieber, Juergen, Sullivan, Robert J., Sumner, Dawn Y., Thomas, Peter C., Jensen, Elsa H., Simmonds, John J., Sengstacken, Aaron J., Willson, Reg G., Goetz, Walter

“…The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) investigation will use a 2-megapixel color camera with a focusable macro lens aboard the rover,…”
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Evidence for Recent Groundwater Seepage and Surface Runoff on Mars by Malin, Michael C., Edgett, Kenneth S.

“…Relatively young landforms on Mars, seen in high-resolution images acquired by the Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera since March 1999, suggest the…”
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The SHERLOC Calibration Target on the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover: Design, Operations, Outreach, and Future Human Exploration Functions by Fries, Marc D., Lee, Carina, Bhartia, Rohit, Razzell Hollis, Joseph, Beegle, Luther W., Uckert, Kyle, Graff, Trevor G., Abbey, William, Bailey, Zachary, Berger, Eve L., Burton, Aaron S., Callaway, Michael J., Cardarelli, Emily L., Davis, Kristine N., DeFlores, Lauren, Edgett, Kenneth S., Fox, Allison C., Garrison, Daniel H., Haney, Nikole C., Harrington, Roger S., Jakubek, Ryan S., Kennedy, Megan R., Hickman-Lewis, Keyron, McCubbin, Francis M., Miller, Ed, Monacelli, Brian, Pollock, Randy, Rhodes, Richard, Siljeström, Sandra, Sharma, Sunanda, Smith, Caroline L., Steele, Andrew, Sylvia, Margarite, Tran, Vinh D., Weiner, Ryan H., Yanchilina, Anastasia G., Aileen Yingst, R.

“…The Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) is a robotic arm-mounted instrument onboard NASA’s…”
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Sedimentary Rocks of Early Mars by Malin, Michael C., Edgett, Kenneth S.

“…Layered and massive outcrops on Mars, some as thick as 4 kilometers, display the geomorphic attributes and stratigraphic relations of sedimentary rock…”
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A Rock Record of Complex Aeolian Bedforms in a Hesperian Desert Landscape: The Stimson Formation as Exposed in the Murray Buttes, Gale Crater, Mars by Banham, Steven G., Gupta, Sanjeev, Rubin, David M., Edgett, Kenneth S., Barnes, Robert, Van Beek, Jason, Watkins, Jessica A., Edgar, Lauren A., Fedo, Christopher M., Williams, Rebecca M., Stack, Kathryn M., Grotzinger, John P., Lewis, Kevin, Ewing, Ryan C., Day, Mackenzie, Vasavada, Ashwin R.

“…Lithified aeolian strata encode information about ancient planetary surface processes and the climate during deposition. Decoding these strata provides insight…”
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The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Mast cameras and Descent imager: Investigation and instrument descriptions by Malin, Michal C., Ravine, Michael A., Caplinger, Michael A., Tony Ghaemi, F., Schaffner, Jacob A., Maki, Justin N., Bell, James F., Cameron, James F., Dietrich, William E., Edgett, Kenneth S., Edwards, Laurence J., Garvin, James B., Hallet, Bernard, Herkenhoff, Kenneth E., Heydari, Ezat, Kah, Linda C., Lemmon, Mark T., Minitti, Michelle E., Olson, Timothy S., Parker, Timothy J., Rowland, Scott K., Schieber, Juergen, Sletten, Ron, Sullivan, Robert J., Sumner, Dawn Y., Aileen Yingst, R., Duston, Brian M., McNair, Sean, Jensen, Elsa H.

“…The Mars Science Laboratory Mast camera and Descent Imager investigations were designed, built, and operated by Malin Space Science Systems of San Diego, CA…”
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Grain Size Variations in the Murray Formation: Stratigraphic Evidence for Changing Depositional Environments in Gale Crater, Mars by Rivera‐Hernández, Frances, Sumner, Dawn Y., Mangold, Nicolas, Banham, Steven G., Edgett, Kenneth S., Fedo, Christopher M., Gupta, Sanjeev, Gwizd, Samantha, Heydari, Ezat, Maurice, Sylvestre, Nachon, Marion, Newsom, Horton, Schieber, Juergen, Stack‐Morgan, Katie, Stein, Nathan, Wiens, Roger C.

“…The lowermost exposure of the Murray formation in Gale crater, Mars, was interpreted as sediment deposited in an ancient lake based on data collected by the…”
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