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An interval of high salinity in ancient Gale crater lake on Mars by Rapin, W., Ehlmann, B. L., Dromart, G., Schieber, J., Thomas, N. H., Fischer, W. W., Fox, V. K., Stein, N. T., Nachon, M., Clark, B. C., Kah, L. C., Thompson, L., Meyer, H. A., Gabriel, T. S. J., Hardgrove, C., Mangold, N., Rivera-Hernandez, F., Wiens, R. C., Vasavada, A. R.

“…Precipitated minerals, including salts, are primary tracers of atmospheric conditions and water chemistry in lake basins. Ongoing in situ exploration by the…”
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Subaqueous shrinkage cracks in the Sheepbed mudstone: Implications for early fluid diagenesis, Gale crater, Mars by Siebach, K. L., Grotzinger, J. P., Kah, L. C., Stack, K. M., Malin, M., Léveillé, R., Sumner, D. Y.

“…The Sheepbed mudstone, Yellowknife Bay formation, Gale crater, represents an ancient lakebed now exhumed and exposed on the Martian surface. The mudstone has…”
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Diagenetic origin of nodules in the Sheepbed member, Yellowknife Bay formation, Gale crater, Mars by Stack, K. M., Grotzinger, J. P., Kah, L. C., Schmidt, M. E., Mangold, N., Edgett, K. S., Sumner, D. Y., Siebach, K. L., Nachon, M., Lee, R., Blaney, D. L., Deflores, L. P., Edgar, L. A., Fairén, A. G., Leshin, L. A., Maurice, S., Oehler, D. Z., Rice, M. S., Wiens, R. C.

“…The Sheepbed member of the Yellowknife Bay formation in Gale crater contains millimeter‐scale nodules that represent an array of morphologies unlike those…”
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Mineral‐Filled Fractures as Indicators of Multigenerational Fluid Flow in the Pahrump Hills Member of the Murray Formation, Gale Crater, Mars by Kronyak, R. E., Kah, L. C., Edgett, K. S., VanBommel, S. J., Thompson, L. M., Wiens, R. C., Sun, V. Z., Nachon, M.

“…Mineral‐filled fractures (veins) are valuable indicators of deformation and fluid flow within a sedimentary package. Information obtained from vein morphology,…”
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Calcium sulfate veins characterized by ChemCam/Curiosity at Gale crater, Mars by Nachon, M., Clegg, S. M., Mangold, N., Schröder, S., Kah, L. C., Dromart, G., Ollila, A., Johnson, J. R., Oehler, D. Z., Bridges, J. C., Le Mouélic, S., Forni, O., Wiens, R.C., Anderson, R. B., Blaney, D. L., Bell III, J.F., Clark, B., Cousin, A., Dyar, M. D., Ehlmann, B., Fabre, C., Gasnault, O., Grotzinger, J., Lasue, J., Lewin, E., Léveillé, R., McLennan, S., Maurice, S., Meslin, P.-Y., Rapin, W., Rice, M., Squyres, S. W., Stack, K., Sumner, D. Y., Vaniman, D., Wellington, D.

“…The Curiosity rover has analyzed abundant light‐toned fracture‐fill material within the Yellowknife Bay sedimentary deposits. The ChemCam instrument, coupled…”
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MAHLI at the Rocknest sand shadow: Science and science-enabling activities by Minitti, M. E., Kah, L. C., Yingst, R. A., Edgett, K. S., Anderson, R. C., Beegle, L. W., Carsten, J. L., Deen, R. G., Goetz, W., Hardgrove, C., Harker, D. E., Herkenhoff, K. E., Hurowitz, J. A., Jandura, L., Kennedy, M. R., Kocurek, G., Krezoski, G. M., Kuhn, S. R., Limonadi, D., Lipkaman, L., Madsen, M. B., Olson, T. S., Robinson, M. L., Rowland, S. K., Rubin, D. M., Seybold, C., Schieber, J., Schmidt, M., Sumner, D. Y., Tompkins, V. V., Van Beek, J. K., Van Beek, T.

“…During Martian solar days 57–100, the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover acquired and processed a solid (sediment) sample and analyzed its mineralogy and…”
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Characteristics of pebble- and cobble-sized clasts along the Curiosity rover traverse from Bradbury Landing to Rocknest by Yingst, R. A., Kah, L. C., Palucis, M., Williams, R. M. E., Garvin, J., Bridges, J. C., Bridges, N., Deen, R. G., Farmer, J., Gasnault, O., Goetz, W., Hamilton, V. E., Hipkin, V., Jensen, J. K., King, P. L., Koefoed, A., Le Mouélic, S. P., Madsen, M. B, Mangold, N., Martinez-Frias, J., Maurice, S., McCartney, E. M., Newsom, H., Pariser, O., Sautter, V. H., Wiens, R. C.

“…We have assessed the characteristics of clasts along Curiosity's traverse to shed light on the processes important in the genesis, modification, and…”
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Predicting the Mechanical and Fracture Properties of Mars Analog Sedimentary Lithologies by Kronyak, R. E., Arndt, C., Kah, L. C., TerMaath, S. C.

“…Rock fractures and veins have been well documented by the Curiosity rover in the lithologies within Gale crater, Mars, and an understanding of the rock…”
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Science and Science-Enabling Activities of the SHERLOC and WATSON Imaging Systems in Jezero Crater, Mars by Wogsland, B. V., Minitti, M. E., Kah, L. C., Yingst, R. A., Abbey, W., Bhartia, R., Beegle, L., Bleefeld, B. L., Cardarelli, E. L., Conrad, P. G., Edgett, K., Hickman-Lewis, K., Huggett, J., Imbeah, S., Kennedy, M. R., Lee, C., Nixon, B. E., Núñez, J. I., Pascuzzo, A., Robinson, M., Sanchez-Vahamonde, C. Rodiguez, Scheller, E., Sharma, S., Siljeström, S., Steadman, K., Winchell, K., Ravine, Michael A.

“…During its first year of operation, the Perseverance rover explored the cratered and fractured floor of Jezero crater on Mars. Here, we report the use of the…”
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Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars by Grotzinger, J. P., Gupta, S., Malin, M. C., Rubin, D. M., Schieber, J., Siebach, K., Sumner, D. Y., Stack, K. M., Vasavada, A. R., Arvidson, R. E., Calef, F., Edgar, L., Fischer, W. F., Grant, J. A., Griffes, J., Kah, L. C., Lamb, M. P., Lewis, K. W., Mangold, N., Minitti, M. E., Palucis, M., Rice, M., Williams, R. M. E., Yingst, R. A., Blake, D., Blaney, D., Conrad, P., Crisp, J., Dietrich, W. E., Dromart, G., Edgett, K. S., Ewing, R. C., Gellert, R., Hurowitz, J. A., Kocurek, G., Mahaffy, P., McBride, M. J., McLennan, S. M., Mischna, M., Ming, D., Milliken, R., Newsom, H., Oehler, D., Parker, T. J., Vaniman, D., Wiens, R. C., Wilson, S. A.

“…The landforms of northern Gale crater on Mars expose thick sequences of sedimentary rocks. Based on images obtained by the Curiosity rover, we interpret these…”
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Perseverance rover reveals an ancient delta-lake system and flood deposits at Jezero crater, Mars by Mangold, N, Gupta, S, Gasnault, O, Dromart, G, Tarnas, J D, Sholes, S F, Horgan, B, Quantin-Nataf, C, Brown, A J, Le Mouélic, S, Yingst, R A, Bell, J F, Beyssac, O, Bosak, T, Calef, 3rd, F, Ehlmann, B L, Farley, K A, Grotzinger, J P, Hickman-Lewis, K, Holm-Alwmark, S, Kah, L C, Martinez-Frias, J, McLennan, S M, Maurice, S, Nuñez, J I, Ollila, A M, Pilleri, P, Rice, Jr, J W, Rice, M, Simon, J I, Shuster, D L, Stack, K M, Sun, V Z, Treiman, A H, Weiss, B P, Wiens, R C, Williams, A J, Williams, N R, Williford, K H

“…Observations from orbital spacecraft have shown that Jezero crater on Mars contains a prominent fan-shaped body of sedimentary rock deposited at its western…”
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Sustained wet–dry cycling on early Mars by Rapin, W., Dromart, G., Clark, B. C., Schieber, J., Kite, E. S., Kah, L. C., Thompson, L. M., Gasnault, O., Lasue, J., Meslin, P.-Y., Gasda, P. J., Lanza, N. L.

“…The presence of perennially wet surface environments on early Mars is well documented 1 , 2 , but little is known about short-term episodicity in the early…”
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Proterozoic microbial mats and their constraints on environments of silicification by Manning‐Berg, A. R., Kah, L. C.

“…The occurrence of microfossiliferous, early diagenetic chert in Proterozoic successions is broadly restricted to peritidal marine environments. Such coastal…”
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Chemistry of diagenetic features analyzed by ChemCam at Pahrump Hills, Gale crater, Mars by Nachon, M., Mangold, N., Forni, O., Kah, L.C., Cousin, A., Wiens, R.C., Anderson, R., Blaney, D., Blank, J.G., Calef, F., Clegg, S.M., Fabre, C., Fisk, M.R., Gasnault, O., Grotzinger, J.P., Kronyak, R., Lanza, N.L., Lasue, J., Deit, L. Le, Mouélic, S. Le, Maurice, S., Meslin, P.-Y., Oehler, D.Z., Payré, V., Rapin, W., Schröder, S., Stack, K., Sumner, D.

“…•ChemCam/Curiosity provides elemental composition at Gale crater’ lower Mt Sharp.•Diagenetic features in fine-grained sediments show diverse textures and…”
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Morphology of molar-tooth structures in Precambrian carbonates; influence of substrate rheology and implications for genesis by Pollock, Mark D, Kah, Linda C, Bartley, Julie K

“…Molar-tooth (MT) is an enigmatic carbonate fabric composed of variously shaped cracks and voids filled with a characteristically uniform, equant microspar. MT…”
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Deep-water microbialites of the Mesoproterozoic Dismal Lakes Group: microbial growth, lithification, and implications for coniform stromatolites by Bartley, J. K., Kah, L. C., Frank, T. D., Lyons, T. W.

“…Offshore facies of the Mesoproterozoic Sulky Formation, Dismal Lakes Group, arctic Canada, preserve microbialites with unusual morphology. These microbialites…”
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Characteristics of pebble and cobble-sized clasts along the Curiosity rover traverse from sol 100 to 750: Terrain types, potential sources, and transport mechanisms by Yingst, R.A., Cropper, K., Gupta, S., Kah, L.C., Williams, R.M.E., Blank, J., Calef, F., Hamilton, V.E., Lewis, K., Shechet, J., McBride, M., Bridges, N., Frias, J. Martinez, Newsom, H.

“…•We characterize clasts to interpret rock sources, transport history, and terrain.•Clasts were classed into ten types; nine types are sedimentary rocks.•Most…”
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Evolution of a Lake Margin Recorded in the Sutton Island Member of the Murray Formation, Gale Crater, Mars by Gwizd, S., Fedo, C., Grotzinger, J., Banham, S., Rivera‐Hernández, F., Gupta, S., Stack, K. M., Edgar, L. A., Vasavada, A. R., Davis, J., Kah, L. C.

“…This study uses data from the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover to document the facies of the Sutton Island member of the Murray formation, interpret…”
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Depositional and Diagenetic Processes of Martian Lacustrine Sediments as Revealed at Pahrump Hills by the Mars Hand Lens Imager, Gale Crater, Mars by Yingst, R. A., Cowart, A. C., Kah, L. C., Gupta, S., Stack, K., Fey, D., Harker, D., Herkenhoff, K., Minitti, M. E., Rowland, S.

“…The Murray formation represents fine‐grained sedimentary deposition in lacustrine environments within Gale crater, Mars. Both the overall thickness of the…”
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Stratigraphic Relationships in Jezero Crater, Mars: Constraints on the Timing of Fluvial‐Lacustrine Activity From Orbital Observations by Holm‐Alwmark, S., Kinch, K. M., Hansen, M. D., Shahrzad, S., Svennevig, K., Abbey, W. J., Anderson, R. B., Calef, F. J., Gupta, S., Hauber, E., Horgan, B. H. N., Kah, L. C., Knade, J., Miklusicak, N. B., Stack, K. M., Sun, V. Z., Tarnas, J. D., Quantin‐Nataf, C.

“…On February 18, 2021 NASA's Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater, located at the northwestern edge of the Isidis basin on Mars. The uppermost surface of…”
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