Perseverance rover reveals an ancient delta-lake system and flood deposits at Jezero crater, Mars

Mangold, N.; Gupta, Sanjeev; Gasnault, O.; Dromart, Gilles; Tarnas, Jesse; Sholes, Steven; Horgan, B.; Quantin-Nataf, C.; J. Brown, A.; Le Mouëlic, Stéphane; A. Yingst, R.; F. Bell, J.; Beyssac, Olivier; Bosak, Tanja; J. Calef, F.; L. Ehlmann, B.; A. Farley, Kenneth; P. Grotzinger, J.; Hickman‐Lewis, Keyron; Holm‐Alwmark, Sanna; C. Kah, Linda; Martínez‐Frías, Jesús; M. McLennan, S.; Maurice, S.; I. Núñez, Jorge; Ollila, A.; Pilleri, P.; W. Rice, J.; S. Rice, M.; I. Simon, J.; L. Shuster, David; M. Stack, K.; Z. Sun, V.; H. Treiman, A.; P. Weiss, B.; C. Wiens, R.; J. Williams, Amy; R. Williams, N.; H. Williford, Kenneth

doi:10.1126/science.abl4051

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Perseverance rover reveals an ancient delta-lake system and flood deposits at Jezero crater, Mars

Published in Science • Oct 21, 2021

Authors:

N. Mangold

Sanjeev Gupta

O. Gasnault

Abstract

Observations from orbital spacecraft have shown that Jezero crater on Mars contains a prominent fan-shaped body of sedimentary rock deposited at its western margin. The Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater in February 2021. We analyze images taken by the rover in the 3 months after landing. Th...

Subject

Mars Exploration Program

Impact crater

Geology

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