Communications Earth & Environment (Nov 2022)

Aqueous alteration of the Vastitas Borealis Formation at the Tianwen-1 landing site

  • Changqing Liu,
  • Zongcheng Ling,
  • Zhongchen Wu,
  • Jiang Zhang,
  • Jian Chen,
  • Xiaohui Fu,
  • Le Qiao,
  • Ping Liu,
  • Bo Li,
  • Li Zhang,
  • Yanqing Xin,
  • Erbin Shi,
  • Haijun Cao,
  • Shangke Tian,
  • Sheng Wan,
  • Hongchun Bai,
  • Jianzhong Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00614-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Sediments on the northern plains of Mars experienced aqueous alteration during interaction with a limited or ephemeral water source, according to spectral analyses of Martian rocks and soils encountered by the Zhurong rover.