Astrobiological Potential of Rocks Acquired by the Perseverance Rover at a Sedimentary Fan Front in Jezero Crater, Mars - IMPMC_Research On Carbon-rich Key Samples
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Astrobiological Potential of Rocks Acquired by the Perseverance Rover at a Sedimentary Fan Front in Jezero Crater, Mars

Tanja Bosak (1) , David L. Shuster (2) , Eva L. Scheller (1) , Sandra Siljeström (3) , M. J. Zawaski (4) , Lucia Mandon (5) , Justin I. Simon (6) , Benjamin P. Weiss (1) , Kathryn M. Stack (7) , Eli N. Mansbach (1) , Allan H. Treiman (8) , Kathleen C. Benison (9) , Adrian J. Brown (10) , A. D. Czaja (11) , Kenneth A. Farley (5) , Elisabeth M. Hausrath (12) , Keyron Hickman-Lewis (13, 14) , Chris D. K. Herd (15) , Jeffrey R. Johnson (16) , Lisa E. Mayhew (17) , Michelle E. Minitti (18) , Kenneth H. Williford (19) , Brittany V. Wogsland (20) , M.‐p. Zorzano (21) , Abigail C. Allwood (7) , Hans E. F. Amundsen (22) , James F. Bell (23) , Karim Benzerara (24) , Sylvain Bernard (25) , O. Beyssac (24) , D. K. Buckner (26) , M. Cable (7) , Fred Calef (7) , Gwénaël Caravaca (27) , D. C. Catling (28) , Elise Clavé (29) , E. Cloutis (30) , B. A. Cohen (31) , Agnès Cousin (27) , Erwin Dehouck (32) , Alberto G. Fairén (21) , David T. Flannery (33) , Teresa Fornaro (34) , Olivier Forni (27) , T. Fouchet (35) , Erin Gibbons (36) , F. Gomez Gomez (21) , Sanjeev Gupta (37) , Kevin P. Hand (7) , Joel A. Hurowitz (38) , Hemani Kalucha (5) , D. A. K. Pedersen (39) , Guillermo Lopes-Reyes (40) , Justin Maki (7) , Sylvestre Maurice (27) , Jorge I. Nuñez (16) , Nicolas Randazzo (15) , James W. Rice (23) , Clément Royer (41) , M. A. Sephton (37) , Shiv Sharma (7) , A. Steele (42) , Christian D. Tate (43) , K. Uckert (7) , Arya Udry (12) , Roger C. Wiens (41) , Amy Williams (26)
1 EAPS - Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [MIT, Cambridge]
2 BGC - Berkeley Geochronology Center
3 RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
4 Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University
5 Caltech Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
6 JSC - NASA Johnson Space Center
7 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
8 LPI - Lunar and Planetary Institute [Houston]
9 Department of Geology and Geography [Morgantown]
10 Plancius Research LLC
11 UC - University of Cincinnati
12 Department of Geoscience [Las Vegas]
13 NHM - The Natural History Museum [London]
14 BiGeA - Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali
15 University of Alberta
16 JHU - Johns Hopkins University
17 Department of Geological Sciences [Boulder]
18 Framework
19 BMSIS - Blue Marble Space Institute of Science
20 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences [Knoxville]
21 CAB - Centro de Astrobiologia [Madrid]
22 Center for Space Sensors and Systems
23 SESE - ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration
24 IMPMC - Institut de minéralogie, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie
25 IMPMC_ROCKS - Research On Carbon-rich Key Samples [IMPMC]
26 UF - University of Florida [Gainesville]
27 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
28 Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
29 DLR Institut für Optische Sensorsyteme
30 University of Winnipeg
31 GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
32 LGL-TPE - Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement
33 QUT - Queensland University of Technology [Brisbane]
34 INAF - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
35 Pôle Planétologie du LESIA
36 McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada]
37 Department of Earth Science and Engineering [Imperial College London]
38 Department of Geosciences [Stony Brook]
39 DTU - Danmarks Tekniske Universitet = Technical University of Denmark
40 UVa - Universidad de Valladolid [Valladolid]
41 EAPS - Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences [West Lafayette]
42 Carnegie Earth and Planets Laboratory
43 Department of Astronomy, Cornell University
Tanja Bosak
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Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [MIT, Cambridge]
David L. Shuster
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Berkeley Geochronology Center
Eva L. Scheller
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [MIT, Cambridge]
Sandra Siljeström
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
M. J. Zawaski
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University
Lucia Mandon
Caltech Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
Justin I. Simon
NASA Johnson Space Center
Benjamin P. Weiss
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [MIT, Cambridge]
Kathryn M. Stack
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Eli N. Mansbach
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [MIT, Cambridge]
Allan H. Treiman
Lunar and Planetary Institute [Houston]
Kathleen C. Benison
Department of Geology and Geography [Morgantown]
Adrian J. Brown
Plancius Research LLC
A. D. Czaja
  • Fonction : Auteur
University of Cincinnati
Kenneth A. Farley
  • Fonction : Auteur
Caltech Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
Elisabeth M. Hausrath
Department of Geoscience [Las Vegas]
Keyron Hickman-Lewis
The Natural History Museum [London]
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali
Chris D. K. Herd
University of Alberta
Jeffrey R. Johnson
Johns Hopkins University
Lisa E. Mayhew
Department of Geological Sciences [Boulder]
Michelle E. Minitti
Framework
Kenneth H. Williford
  • Fonction : Auteur
Blue Marble Space Institute of Science
Brittany V. Wogsland
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences [Knoxville]
M.‐p. Zorzano
Centro de Astrobiologia [Madrid]
Abigail C. Allwood
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Hans E. F. Amundsen
  • Fonction : Auteur
Center for Space Sensors and Systems
James F. Bell
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ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration
Karim Benzerara
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Institut de minéralogie, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie
Sylvain Bernard
Research On Carbon-rich Key Samples [IMPMC]
O. Beyssac
Institut de minéralogie, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie
D. K. Buckner
  • Fonction : Auteur
University of Florida [Gainesville]
M. Cable
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Fred Calef
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Gwénaël Caravaca
Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
D. C. Catling
Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
Elise Clavé
  • Fonction : Auteur
DLR Institut für Optische Sensorsyteme
E. Cloutis
University of Winnipeg
B. A. Cohen
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Agnès Cousin
Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
Erwin Dehouck
Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement
Alberto G. Fairén
Centro de Astrobiologia [Madrid]
David T. Flannery
Queensland University of Technology [Brisbane]
Teresa Fornaro
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
Olivier Forni
  • Fonction : Auteur
Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
T. Fouchet
Pôle Planétologie du LESIA
Erin Gibbons
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McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada]
F. Gomez Gomez
Centro de Astrobiologia [Madrid]
Sanjeev Gupta
  • Fonction : Auteur
Department of Earth Science and Engineering [Imperial College London]
Kevin P. Hand
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Joel A. Hurowitz
Department of Geosciences [Stony Brook]
Hemani Kalucha
Caltech Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
D. A. K. Pedersen
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet = Technical University of Denmark
Guillermo Lopes-Reyes
Universidad de Valladolid [Valladolid]
Justin Maki
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sylvestre Maurice
Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
Jorge I. Nuñez
Johns Hopkins University
Nicolas Randazzo
  • Fonction : Auteur
University of Alberta
James W. Rice
ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration
Clément Royer
  • Fonction : Auteur
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences [West Lafayette]
M. A. Sephton
Department of Earth Science and Engineering [Imperial College London]
Shiv Sharma
  • Fonction : Auteur
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
A. Steele
Carnegie Earth and Planets Laboratory
Christian D. Tate
Department of Astronomy, Cornell University
K. Uckert
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Arya Udry
Department of Geoscience [Las Vegas]
Roger C. Wiens
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences [West Lafayette]
Amy Williams
University of Florida [Gainesville]

Résumé

The Perseverance rover has collected seven oriented samples of sedimentary rocks, all likely older than the oldest signs of widespread life on Earth, at the exposed base of the western fan in Jezero crater, Mars. The samples include a sulfate‐ and clay‐bearing mudstone and sandstone, a fluvial sandstone from a stratigraphically low position at the fan front, and a carbonate‐bearing sandstone deposited above the sulfate‐bearing strata. All samples contain aqueously precipitated materials and most or all were aqueously deposited. Although the rover instruments have not confidently detected organic matter in the rocks from the fan front, the much more sensitive terrestrial instruments will still be able to search for remnants of prebiotic chemistries and past life, and study Mars's past habitability in the samples returned to Earth. The hydrated, sulfate‐bearing mudstone has the highest potential to preserve organic matter and biosignatures, whereas the carbonate‐bearing sandstones can be used to constrain when and for how long Jezero crater contained liquid water. Returned sample science analyses of sulfate, carbonate, clay, phosphate and igneous minerals as well as trace metals and volatiles that are present in the samples acquired at the fan front would provide transformative insights into past habitable environments on Mars, the evolution of its magnetic field, atmosphere and climate and the past and present cycling of atmospheric and crustal water, sulfur and carbon.

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Tanja Bosak, David L. Shuster, Eva L. Scheller, Sandra Siljeström, M. J. Zawaski, et al.. Astrobiological Potential of Rocks Acquired by the Perseverance Rover at a Sedimentary Fan Front in Jezero Crater, Mars. AGU Advances, 2024, 5 (4), pp.e2024AV001241. ⟨10.1029/2024AV001241⟩. ⟨hal-04677968⟩

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