Semiarid climate and hyposaline lake on early Mars inferred from reconstructed water chemistry at Gale

Keisuke Fukushi; Yasuhito Sekine; Hiroshi Sakuma; Koki Morida; Robin Wordsworth

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12871-6

Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Semiarid climate and hyposaline lake on early Mars inferred from reconstructed water chemistry at Gale

Keisuke Fukushi,
Yasuhito Sekine,
Hiroshi Sakuma,
Koki Morida,
Robin Wordsworth

Affiliations

Keisuke Fukushi: Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
Yasuhito Sekine: Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
Hiroshi Sakuma: National Institute for Materials Science
Koki Morida: Division of Natural System, Kanazawa University
Robin Wordsworth: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12871-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Gale Crater on Mars has been demonstrated to have once hosted water, but its chemistry is still under debate. Here the authors use mineralogical rock compositions and show the once saline character of Gale Crater—a result of warmer climate periods during the Hesperian period.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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