Constraining the Potential Liquid Water Environment at Gale Crater, Mars

Rivera‐Valentín, Edgard G.; Gough, Raina V.; Chevrier, Vincent F.; Primm, Katherine M.; Martínez, German M.; Tolbert, Margaret

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Constraining the Potential Liquid Water Environment at Gale Crater, Mars

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2018
By Rivera‐Valentín, Edgard G. ; Gough, Raina V. ; Chevrier, Vincent F. ; ...

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Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
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Rivera‐Valentín, Edgard G. ; Gough, Raina V. ; Chevrier, Vincent F. ; Primm, Katherine M. ; Martínez, German M. ; Tolbert, Margaret
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CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences)
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The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) has nowmadecontinuousinsitumeteorologicalmeasurementsforseveralMartianyearsatGalecrater,Mars.OfimportanceinthesearchforliquidformationareREMS’measurementsofgroundtemperatureandin-air measurementsoftemperatureandrelativehumidity, whichiswithrespecttoice.Suchdatacanconstrain the surface and subsurface stability of brines. Here we use updated calibrations to REMS data andconsistentrelativehumiditycomparisons(i.e.,withrespecttoliquidversuswithrespecttoice)toinvestigate thepotentialformationofsurfaceandsubsurfaceliquidsthroughoutMSL’straverse.Wespeciﬁcallystudy thepotentialforthedeliquescenceofcalciumperchlorate.Ourdataanalysissuggeststhatsurfacebrineformation is not favored within the ﬁrst 1648 sols as there are only two times (sols 1232 and 1311) when humidity-temperature conditions were within error consistent with a liquid phase. On the
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Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Geochemistry And Petrology Geophysics Space And Planetary Science Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Geochemistry And Petrology Space And Planetary Science Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Geochemistry And Petrology Space And Planetary Science
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 123(5), 1156-1167
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https://doi.org/10.1002/2018je005558
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2169-9097 ; 2169-9100
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