The composition of Mars' crust records the planet's integrated geologic history and provides
clues to its differentiation. Spacecraft and meteorite data now provide a global view of the …

Early Mars climate research has well-defined goals (MEPAG 2018). Achieving these goals
requires geologists and climate modelers to coordinate. Coordination is easier if results are …

Abstract The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport
(InSight) spacecraft landed successfully on Mars and imaged the surface to characterize the …

Sedimentary rocks examined by the Curiosity rover at Yellowknife Bay, Mars, were derived
from sources that evolved from an approximately average martian crustal composition to one …

The chemical composition of rocks and soils on Mars analyzed during the Mars Exploration
Rover Spirit Mission was determined by X‐ray analyses with the Alpha Particle X‐Ray …

Isotopic studies indicate that natural perchlorate is produced on Earth in arid environments
by the oxidation of chlorine species through pathways involving ozone or its photochemical …

Studies of rates, processes and modes of rock surface, and near-surface, deterioration, and
also hardening, are central to rock weathering and building stone research, conservation …

Petrologic investigations of martian rocks have been accomplished by mineralogical,
geochemical, and textural analyses from Mars rovers (with geologic context provided by …

Rocks on the floor of Gusev crater are basalts of uniform composition and mineralogy.
Olivine, the only mineral to have been identified or inferred from data by all instruments on …

Return of samples from the surface of Mars has been a goal of the international Mars
science community for many years. Affirmation by NASA and ESA of the importance of Mars …