The Spirit Rover's Athena science investigation at Gusev crater, Mars

S. W. Squyres; R. E. Arvidson; James Bell; J. Brückner; N. A. Cabrol; W. Calvin; M. H. Carr; Philip Christensen; B. C. Clark; L. Crumpler; D. J. Des Marais; C. D'Uston; T. Economou; Jack Farmer; W. Farrand; W. Folkner; M. Golombek; S. Gorevan; J. A. Grant; R. Greeley; J. Grotzinger; L. Haskin; K. E. Herkenhoff; S. Hviid; J. Johnson; G. Klingelhöfer; A. Knoll; G. Landis; M. Lemmon; R. Li; M. B. Madsen; M. C. Malin; S. M. McLennan; H. Y. McSween; D. W. Ming; J. Moersch; R. V. Morris; T. Parker; J. W. Rice; L. Richter; R. Rieder; M. Sims; M. Smith; P. Smith; L. A. Soderblom; R. Sullivan; H. Wänke; T. Wdowiak; M. Wolff; A. Yen

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The Spirit Rover's Athena science investigation at Gusev crater, Mars

S. W. Squyres, R. E. Arvidson, James Bell, J. Brückner, N. A. Cabrol, W. Calvin, M. H. Carr, Philip Christensen, B. C. Clark, L. Crumpler, D. J. Des Marais, C. D'Uston, T. Economou, Jack Farmer, W. Farrand, W. Folkner, M. Golombek, S. Gorevan, J. A. Grant, R. GreeleyJ. Grotzinger, L. Haskin, K. E. Herkenhoff, S. Hviid, J. Johnson, G. Klingelhöfer, A. Knoll, G. Landis, M. Lemmon, R. Li, M. B. Madsen, M. C. Malin, S. M. McLennan, H. Y. McSween, D. W. Ming, J. Moersch, R. V. Morris, T. Parker, J. W. Rice, L. Richter, R. Rieder, M. Sims, M. Smith, P. Smith, L. A. Soderblom, R. Sullivan, H. Wänke, T. Wdowiak, M. Wolff, A. Yen

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The Mars Exploration Rover Spirit and its Athena science payload have been used to investigate a landing site in Gusev crater. Gusev is hypothesized to be the site of a former take, but no clear evidence for lacustrine sedimentation has been found to date. Instead, the dominant lithology is basalt, and the dominant geologic processes are impact events and eolian transport. Many rocks exhibit coatings and other characteristics that may be evidence for minor aqueous alteration. Any lacustrine sediments that may exist at this location within Gusev apparently have been buried by lavas that have undergone subsequent impact disruption.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	794-799
Number of pages	6
Journal	Science
Volume	305
Issue number	5685
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.3050794
State	Published - Aug 6 2004

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Squyres, S. W., Arvidson, R. E., Bell, J., Brückner, J., Cabrol, N. A., Calvin, W., Carr, M. H., Christensen, P., Clark, B. C., Crumpler, L., Des Marais, D. J., D'Uston, C., Economou, T., Farmer, J., Farrand, W., Folkner, W., Golombek, M., Gorevan, S., Grant, J. A., ... Yen, A. (2004). The Spirit Rover's Athena science investigation at Gusev crater, Mars. Science, 305(5685), 794-799. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.3050794

Squyres, SW, Arvidson, RE, Bell, J, Brückner, J, Cabrol, NA, Calvin, W, Carr, MH, Christensen, P, Clark, BC, Crumpler, L, Des Marais, DJ, D'Uston, C, Economou, T, Farmer, J, Farrand, W, Folkner, W, Golombek, M, Gorevan, S, Grant, JA, Greeley, R, Grotzinger, J, Haskin, L, Herkenhoff, KE, Hviid, S, Johnson, J, Klingelhöfer, G, Knoll, A, Landis, G, Lemmon, M, Li, R, Madsen, MB, Malin, MC, McLennan, SM, McSween, HY, Ming, DW, Moersch, J, Morris, RV, Parker, T, Rice, JW, Richter, L, Rieder, R, Sims, M, Smith, M, Smith, P, Soderblom, LA, Sullivan, R, Wänke, H, Wdowiak, T, Wolff, M & Yen, A 2004, 'The Spirit Rover's Athena science investigation at Gusev crater, Mars', Science, vol. 305, no. 5685, pp. 794-799. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.3050794

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