...Artist’s reconstruction of Jezero Crater, Mars, as it may have looked billions of years ago when it was a lake. I mage credit : NASA/JPL-C altech ...

... collected in the Jezero crater during the Mars2020 mission of the Perseverance rover, showing successful performances and robustness. After selecting data from the entire RIMFAX data set (from SOL 072 to SOL 204) to avoid redundant data due to continuing data acquisition during rover stops based...

... abundance estimates rather than mineral species determination. Since the arrival of the Perseverance rover to Jezero crater, scientific investigations have focused on two geologic units called the Máaz and the Séítah formations ( Bell et al. 2022 ; Liu et al. 2022 ; Farley et al. 2022 ). The Máaz...

...Figure 3. A: Olivine-rich unit superposing rim of Jezero crater (Mars; 18.4°N, 77.7°E) in digital elevation model. Inset shows olivine-rich mesa (outlined) ∼675 m above surrounding terrain, similar in morphology to in-place olivine-rich mesas elsewhere. Red to green shading denotes elevation...

... or lack thereof between the degree of shock metamorphism extrapolation of the lunar record. But how to choose the right rock for and the amount of Pb loss in baddeleyite, demonstrating that micro- this? Studies of the floor of Jezero Crater (Perseverance s landing site) structural studies of baddeleyite...

...Figure 4. Olivine-bearing rocks in and near the Nili Fossae region of Mars. ( A ) Digital terrain model (DTM) of Jezero Crater and Nili Planum, with landing site (“x”) and traverse of the Perseverance rover in white. Much of the region is covered in a thin (~1–10 m) layer of olivine-rich rock...

... materials, which we already know are present in Gale crater mud stones, surfaces of rocks in Jezero crater, and in trace amounts in some Martian meteorites. These organics just might be the trace residues of past Martians. Or, they might be something less exciting, like organics from chondritic meteorites...

... ). Understanding the origin of clay minerals and their implications for habitability is critical for NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission. The landing site for the Perseverance rover is within the Jezero Crater basin situated in the clay-rich Nili Fossae region, which is proximal to one of the largest...

... ( Sautter et al., 2015 ; Cousin et al., 2017 ; Berger et al., 2020 ), and basaltic lava samples from Jezero Crater ( Farley et al., 2022 ; Liu et al., 2022 ; Wiens et al., 2022 ; Simon et al., 2023 ). We also included data from shergottite meteorites as compiled in Udry et al. (2020...

... ), there is a relative lack of carbonate deposits at the surface of the planet ( Bridges et al. 2001 ; Ehlmann et al. 2008 ; Horgan et al. 2020 ). Most of the sedimentary carbonates identified on Mars are magnesium carbonates, such as those at Columbia Hills, Gusev Crater ( Morris et al. 2010 ) and Jezero...