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Multiple stages of aqueous alteration along fractures in mudstone and sandstone strata in Gale Crater, Mars by Yen, A.S., Ming, D.W., Vaniman, D.T., Gellert, R., Blake, D.F., Morris, R.V., Morrison, S.M., Bristow, T.F., Chipera, S.J., Edgett, K.S., Treiman, A.H., Clark, B.C., Downs, R.T., Farmer, J.D., Grotzinger, J.P., Rampe, E.B., Schmidt, M.E., Sutter, B., Thompson, L.M.

“…The Mars rover Curiosity in Gale crater conducted the first-ever direct chemical and mineralogical comparisons of samples that have clear parent (unaltered)…”
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Reactive transport and mass balance modeling of the Stimson sedimentary formation and altered fracture zones constrain diagenetic conditions at Gale crater, Mars by Hausrath, E.M., Ming, D.W., Peretyazhko, T.S., Rampe, E.B.

“…•Modeling indicates early diagenesis of Stimson formation under near-neutral pH.•Modeling indicates later alteration by acidic, Ca, Si, P and S-containing…”
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Fe/Mg smectite formation under acidic conditions on early Mars by Peretyazhko, T.S., Sutter, B., Morris, R.V., Agresti, D.G., Le, L., Ming, D.W.

“…Phyllosilicates of the smectite group detected in Noachian and early Hesperian terrains on Mars have been hypothesized to form under neutral to alkaline…”
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Classification scheme for sedimentary and igneous rocks in Gale crater, Mars by Mangold, N., Schmidt, M.E., Fisk, M.R., Forni, O., McLennan, S.M., Ming, D.W., Sautter, V., Sumner, D., Williams, A.J., Clegg, S.M., Cousin, A., Gasnault, O., Gellert, R., Grotzinger, J.P., Wiens, R.C.

“…•A petrological classification is proposed adapting Earth classifications to Mars.•The classification involves the characterization of texture and…”
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Chemistry and mineralogy of outcrops at Meridiani Planum by Clark, B.C., Morris, R.V., McLennan, S.M., Gellert, R., Jolliff, B., Knoll, A.H., Squyres, S.W., Lowenstein, T.K., Ming, D.W., Tosca, N.J., Yen, A., Christensen, P.R., Gorevan, S., Brückner, J., Calvin, W., Dreibus, G., Farrand, W., Klingelhoefer, G., Waenke, H., Zipfel, J., Bell, J.F., Grotzinger, J., McSween, H.Y., Rieder, R.

“…Analyses of outcrops created by the impact craters Endurance, Fram and Eagle reveal the broad lateral continuity of chemical sediments at the Meridiani Planum…”
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Light and variable 37 Cl/ 35 Cl ratios in rocks from Gale Crater, Mars: Possible signature of perchlorate by Farley, K.A., Martin, P., Archer, P.D., Atreya, S.K., Conrad, P.G., Eigenbrode, J.L., Fairén, A.G., Franz, H.B., Freissinet, C., Glavin, D.P., Mahaffy, P.R., Malespin, C., Ming, D.W., Navarro-Gonzalez, R., Sutter, B.

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Hematite spherules in basaltic tephra altered under aqueous, acid-sulfate conditions on Mauna Kea volcano, Hawaii: Possible clues for the occurrence of hematite-rich spherules in the Burns formation at Meridiani Planum, Mars by Morris, R.V., Ming, D.W., Graff, T.G., Arvidson, R.E., Bell, J.F., Squyres, S.W., Mertzman, S.A., Gruener, J.E., Golden, D.C., Le, L., Robinson, G.A.

“…Iron-rich spherules (> 90% Fe 2O 3 from electron microprobe analyses) ∼10–100 μm in diameter are found within sulfate-rich rocks formed by aqueous,…”
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Nitrification in a zeoponic substrate by McGilloway, R.L, Weaver, R.W, Ming, D.W, Gruener, J.E

“…Clinoptilolite is a zeolite mineral with high cation exchange capacity used in zeoponic substrates that have been proposed as a solid medium for growing plants…”
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Phyllosilicate formation on early Mars via open-system acid alteration of basaltic glass by Ralston, S.J., Peretyazhko, T.S., Sutter, B., Ming, D.W., Morris, R.V., Garcia, A., Ostwald, A.

“…Smectites are widespread on Mars, but the water-rich, neutral-to-alkaline pH conditions favorable for smectite formation would be expected to have also…”
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Mineralogy of an ancient lacustrine mudstone succession from the Murray formation, Gale crater, Mars by Rampe, E.B., Ming, D.W., Blake, D.F., Bristow, T.F., Chipera, S.J., Grotzinger, J.P., Morris, R.V., Morrison, S.M., Vaniman, D.T., Yen, A.S., Achilles, C.N., Craig, P.I., Des Marais, D.J., Downs, R.T., Farmer, J.D., Fendrich, K.V., Gellert, R., Hazen, R.M., Kah, L.C., Morookian, J.M., Peretyazhko, T.S., Sarrazin, P., Treiman, A.H., Berger, J.A., Eigenbrode, J., Fairén, A.G., Forni, O., Gupta, S., Hurowitz, J.A., Lanza, N.L., Schmidt, M.E., Siebach, K., Sutter, B., Thompson, L.M.

“…The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover has been traversing strata at the base of Aeolis Mons (informally known as Mount Sharp) since September 2014. The…”
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Volatile, Isotope, and Organic Analysis of Martian Fines with the Mars Curiosity Rover by Leshin, L. A., Mahaffy, P. R., Webster, C. R., Cabane, M., Coll, P., Conrad, P. G., Archer, P. D., Atreya, S. K., Brunner, A. E., Buch, A., Eigenbrode, J. L., Flesch, G. J., Franz, H. B., Freissinet, C., Glavin, D. P., McAdam, A. C., Miller, K. E., Ming, D. W., Morris, R. V., Navarro-González, R., Niles, P. B., Owen, T., Pepin, R. O., Squyres, S., Steele, A., Stern, J. C., Summons, R. E., Sumner, D. Y., Sutter, B., Szopa, C., Teinturier, S., Trainer, M. G., Wray, J. J., Grotzinger, J. P.

“…Samples from the Rocknest aeolian deposit were heated to ~835°C under helium flow and evolved gases analyzed by Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars instrument…”
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Mineralogy and geochemistry of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediments in Gale crater, Mars: A review after six Earth years of exploration with Curiosity by Rampe, E.B., Blake, D.F., Bristow, T.F., Ming, D.W., Vaniman, D.T., Morris, R.V., Achilles, C.N., Chipera, S.J., Morrison, S.M., Tu, V.M., Yen, A.S., Castle, N., Downs, G.W., Downs, R.T., Grotzinger, J.P., Hazen, R.M., Treiman, A.H., Peretyazhko, T.S., Des Marais, D.J., Walroth, R.C., Craig, P.I, Crisp, J.A., Lafuente, B., Morookian, J.M., Sarrazin, P.C., Thorpe, M.T., Bridges, J.C., Edgar, L.A., Fedo, C.M., Freissinet, C., Gellert, R., Mahaffy, P.R., Newsom, H.E., Johnson, J.R., Kah, L.C., Siebach, K.L., Schieber, J., Sun, V.Z., Vasavada, A.R., Wellington, D., Wiens, R.C.

“…The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover arrived at Mars in August 2012 with a primary goal of characterizing the habitability of ancient and modern…”
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Salt deliquescence along boulder cracks in the Antarctic Dry Valleys: An overlooked source of moisture for rock weathering processes by Ben-Asher, M., Mushkin, A., Lensky, N.G., Amit, R., Eppes, M.C., Ming, D.W., Shelef, E., Sletten, R.S.

“…Cracking is a primary rock-weathering mechanism in arid environments, where dry conditions typically limit the efficacy of water-driven weathering processes…”
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Wet streaks in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Implications for Recurring Slope Lineae on Mars by Toner, J.D., Sletten, R.S., Liu, L., Catling, D.C., Ming, D.W., Mushkin, A., Lin, P.-C.

“…Recurring Slope Lineae (RSL) are dark streaks that seasonally propagate and fade on Martian slopes. The morphology and dynamics of RSL suggest that they might…”
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Detection of Perchlorate and the Soluble Chemistry of Martian Soil at the Phoenix Lander Site by Hecht, M.H, Kounaves, S.P, Quinn, R.C, West, S.J, Young, S.M.M, Ming, D.W, Catling, D.C, Clark, B.C, Boynton, W.V, Hoffman, J, DeFlores, L.P, Gospodinova, K, Kapit, J, Smith, P.H

“…The Wet Chemistry Laboratory on the Phoenix Mars Lander performed aqueous chemical analyses of martian soil from the polygon-patterned northern plains of the…”
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The imprint of atmospheric evolution in the D/H of Hesperian clay minerals on Mars by Mahaffy, P. R., Webster, C. R., Stern, J. C., Brunner, A. E., Atreya, S. K., Conrad, P. G., Domagal-Goldman, S., Eigenbrode, J. L., Flesch, G. J., Christensen, L. E., Franz, H. B., Freissinet, C., Glavin, D. P., Grotzinger, J. P., Jones, J. H., Leshin, L. A., Malespin, C., McAdam, A. C., Ming, D. W., Navarro-Gonzalez, R., Niles, P. B., Owen, T., Pavlov, A. A., Steele, A., Trainer, M. G., Williford, K. H., Wray, J. J.

“…The deuterium-to-hydrogen (D/H) ratio in strongly bound water or hydroxyl groups in ancient martian clays retains the imprint of the water of formation of…”
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Smectite formation in the presence of sulfuric acid: Implications for acidic smectite formation on early Mars by Peretyazhko, T.S., Niles, P.B., Sutter, B., Morris, R.V., Agresti, D.G., Le, L., Ming, D.W.

“…The excess of orbital detection of smectite deposits compared to carbonate deposits on the martian surface presents an enigma because smectite and carbonate…”
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JSC-Rocknest: A large-scale Mojave Mars Simulant (MMS) based soil simulant for in-situ resource utilization water-extraction studies by Clark, J.V., Archer, P.D., Gruener, J.E., Ming, D.W., Tu, V.M., Niles, P.B., Mertzman, S.A.

“…The Johnson Space Center-Rocknest (JSC-RN) simulant was developed in response to a need by NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) In-Situ Resource…”
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Organic molecules in the Sheepbed Mudstone, Gale Crater, Mars by Freissinet, C., Glavin, D. P., Mahaffy, P. R., Miller, K. E., Eigenbrode, J. L., Summons, R. E., Brunner, A. E., Buch, A., Szopa, C., Archer, P. D., Franz, H. B., Atreya, S. K., Brinckerhoff, W. B., Cabane, M., Coll, P., Conrad, P. G., Des Marais, D. J., Dworkin, J. P., Fairén, A. G., François, P., Grotzinger, J. P., Kashyap, S., Kate, I. L., Leshin, L. A., Malespin, C. A., Martin, M. G., Martin‐Torres, F. J., McAdam, A. C., Ming, D. W., Navarro‐González, R., Pavlov, A. A., Prats, B. D., Squyres, S. W., Steele, A., Stern, J. C., Sumner, D. Y., Sutter, B., Zorzano, M.‐P.

“…The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on board the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover is designed to conduct inorganic and organic chemical…”
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Evidence for Calcium Carbonate at the Mars Phoenix Landing Site by Boynton, W.V, Ming, D.W, Kounaves, S.P, Young, S.M.M, Arvidson, R.E, Hecht, M.H, Hoffman, J, Niles, P.B, Hamara, D.K, Quinn, R.C, Smith, P.H, Sutter, B, Catling, D.C, Morris, R.V

“…Carbonates are generally products of aqueous processes and may hold important clues about the history of liquid water on the surface of Mars. Calcium carbonate…”
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