Orbital identification of hydrated silica in Jezero crater, Mars

JD Tarnas, JF Mustard, H Lin… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Geophysical Research Letters, 2019Wiley Online Library
Silica has the highest demonstrated potential of any phase to preserve microfossils on Earth
and therefore may host potential biosignatures on Mars. We detected hydrated silica in
Jezero crater, the landing site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mars
2020 rover mission, by applying Dynamic Aperture Factor Analysis/Target Transformation to
images from the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars. Hydrated silica
detections with Dynamic Aperture Factor Analysis/Target Transformation were verified using …
Abstract
Silica has the highest demonstrated potential of any phase to preserve microfossils on Earth and therefore may host potential biosignatures on Mars. We detected hydrated silica in Jezero crater, the landing site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mars 2020 rover mission, by applying Dynamic Aperture Factor Analysis/Target Transformation to images from the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars. Hydrated silica detections with Dynamic Aperture Factor Analysis/Target Transformation were verified using commonly accepted Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars analysis methods. The morphology of geologic units associated with silica was characterized with high‐resolution imaging. Several hypotheses are presented for the formation environment of hydrated silica. All are testable via in situ investigation. We assess the likelihood of silica to preserve biosignatures in these different scenarios based on habitability considerations and biosignature preservation in Earth analog environments and materials. Also reported are possible detections of hydrated silica in the Nili Fossae basement and olivine‐rich units, as well as Al‐phyllosilicate within Jezero crater.
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