The mineralogical and elemental compositions of the martian soil are indicators of chemical
and physical weathering processes. Using data from the Mars Exploration Rovers, we show …

The design of a permanent human habitat on a planetary body other than the Earth is an
idea introduced many decades ago, which became even more significant after the landing of …

The Wet Chemistry Laboratory on the Phoenix Mars Lander performed aqueous chemical
analyses of martian soil from the polygon-patterned northern plains of the Vastitas Borealis …

Sedimentary rocks at Eagle crater in Meridiani Planum are composed of fine-grained
siliciclastic materials derived from weathering of basaltic rocks, sulfate minerals (including …

Mössbauer spectra measured by the Opportunity rover revealed four mineralogical
components in Meridiani Planum at Eagle crater: jarosite-and hematite-rich outcrop …

The most comprehensive search for organics in the Martian soil was performed by the Viking
Landers. Martian soil was subjected to a thermal volatilization process to vaporize and break …

Outcrop exposures of sedimentary rocks at the Opportunity landing site (Meridiani Planum)
form a set of genetically related strata defined here informally as the Burns formation. This …

Impure reworked evaporitic sandstones, preserved on Meridiani Planum, Mars, are mixtures
of roughly equal amounts of altered siliciclastic debris, of basaltic provenance (40±10% by …

The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has investigated the landing site in Eagle crater
and the nearby plains within Meridiani Planum. The soils consist of fine-grained basaltic …

The ChemCam instrument, which provides insight into martian soil chemistry at the
submillimeter scale, identified two principal soil types along the Curiosity rover traverse: a …