Aqueous alteration processes in Jezero crater, Mars—implications for organic geochemistry Journal Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater, Mars, in February 2021. We used the Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) instrument to perform deep-ultraviolet Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy of three rocks within the crater. We identify evidence for two distinct ancient aqueous environments at different times. Reactions with liquid water formed carbonates in an olivine-rich igneous rock. A sulfate-perchlorate mixture is present in the rocks, which probably formed by later modifications of the rocks by brine. Fluorescence signatures consistent with aromatic organic compounds occur throughout these rocks and are preserved in minerals related to both aqueous environments.

publication date

  • December 9, 2022

Date in CU Experts

  • January 31, 2026 8:55 AM

Full Author List

  • Scheller EL; Razzell Hollis J; Cardarelli EL; Steele A; Beegle LW; Bhartia R; Conrad P; Uckert K; Sharma S; Ehlmann BL

author count

  • 66

Other Profiles

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0036-8075

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1095-9203

Additional Document Info

start page

  • 1105

end page

  • 1110

volume

  • 378

issue

  • 6624