Investigating the Clay-Bearing Unit in Gale Crater with the Curiosity Rover


Kristen A Bennett1, Valerie Kristen Fox2, Ashwin R Vasavada3, John P Grotzinger4, Kathryn Stack3, Amy J Williams5, Erwin Dehouck6, Christopher S Edwards7, Mark R Salvatore8 and Mars Science Laboratory Science Team , (1)USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, United States, (2)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (4)Caltech, Pasadena, United States, (5)University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, (6)University Paul Sabatier, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Toulouse, France, (7)Northern Arizona University, Astronomy and Planetary Science, Flagstaff, United States, (8)Northern Arizona University, Astronomy and Planetary Science, Flagstaff, AZ, United States