Global mineralogical and aqueous Mars history derived from OMEGA/Mars express data

Jean Pierre Bibring; Yves Langevin; John F. Mustard; François Poulet; Raymond Arvidson; Aline Gendrin; Brigitte Gondet; Nicolas Mangold; P. Pinet; F. Forget; Michel Berthe; Cécile Gomez; Denis Jouglet; Alain Soufflot; Mathieu Vincendon; Michel Combes; Pierre Drossart; Thérèse Encrenaz; Thierry Fouchet; Riccardo Merchiorri; Gian Carlo Belluci; Francesca Altieri; Vittorio Formisano; Fabricio Capaccioni; Pricilla Cerroni; Angioletta Coradini; Sergio Fonti; Oleg Korablev; Volodia Kottsov; Nikolai Ignatiev; Vassili Moroz; Dimitri Titov; Ludmilla Zasova; Damien Loiseau; Patrick Pinet; Sylvain Douté; Bernard Schmitt; Christophe Sotin; Ernst Hauber; Harald Hoffmann; Ralf Jaumann; Uwe Keller; Ray Arvidson; Tom Duxbury; François Forget; G. Neukum

doi:10.1126/science.1122659

Global mineralogical and aqueous Mars history derived from OMEGA/Mars express data

Jean Pierre Bibring
, Yves Langevin
, John F. Mustard
, François Poulet
, Raymond Arvidson
, Aline Gendrin
, Brigitte Gondet
, Nicolas Mangold
, P. Pinet
, F. Forget
, Michel Berthe
, Cécile Gomez
, Denis Jouglet
, Alain Soufflot
, Mathieu Vincendon
, Michel Combes
, Pierre Drossart
, Thérèse Encrenaz
, Thierry Fouchet
, Riccardo Merchiorri

Gian Carlo Belluci, Francesca Altieri, Vittorio Formisano, Fabricio Capaccioni, Pricilla Cerroni, Angioletta Coradini, Sergio Fonti, Oleg Korablev, Volodia Kottsov, Nikolai Ignatiev, Vassili Moroz, Dimitri Titov, Ludmilla Zasova, Damien Loiseau, Patrick Pinet, Sylvain Douté, Bernard Schmitt, Christophe Sotin, Ernst Hauber, Harald Hoffmann, Ralf Jaumann, Uwe Keller, Ray Arvidson, Tom Duxbury, François Forget, G. Neukum

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Abstract

Global mineralogical mapping of Mars by the Observatoire pour la Mineralogie, l'Eau, les Glaces et l'Activité (OMEGA) instrument on the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft provides new information on Mars' geological and climatic history. Phyllosilicates formed by aqueous alteration very early in the planet's history (the "phyllocian" era) are found in the oldest terrains; sulfates were formed in a second era (the "theiikian" era) in an acidic environment. Beginning about 3.5 billion years ago, the last era (the "siderikian") is dominated by the formation of anhydrous ferric oxides in a slow superficial weathering, without liquid water playing a major role across the planet.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	400-404
Number of pages	5
Journal	Science
Volume	312
Issue number	5772
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1122659
Publication status	Published - 21 Apr 2006

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Bibring, J. P., Langevin, Y., Mustard, J. F., Poulet, F., Arvidson, R., Gendrin, A., Gondet, B., Mangold, N., Pinet, P., Forget, F., Berthe, M., Gomez, C., Jouglet, D., Soufflot, A., Vincendon, M., Combes, M., Drossart, P., Encrenaz, T., Fouchet, T., ... Neukum, G. (2006). Global mineralogical and aqueous Mars history derived from OMEGA/Mars express data. Science, 312(5772), 400-404. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1122659

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