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13 - Mars Exploration Rover Pancam multispectral imaging of rocks, soils, and dust at Gusev crater and Meridiani Planum

from Part III - Mineralogy and Remote Sensing of Rocks, Soil, Dust, and Ices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2009

By
J. F. Bell III ,
W. M. Calvin ,
W. H. Farrand ,
R. Greeley ,
J. R. Johnson ,
B. Jolliff ,
R. V. Morris ,
R. J. Sullivan ,
S. Thompson  and
A. Wang
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Edited by
Jim Bell
J. F. Bell III
Affiliation:
Cornell University, Department of Astronomy, 402 Space Sciences Building, Ithaca, NY 14853-6801, USA
W. M. Calvin
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Science, MS 172, University of Nevada Reno, NV 89557-0138, USA
W. H. Farrand
Affiliation:
Space Science Institute 4750 Walnut Street, # 205 Boulder, CO 80301, USA
R. Greeley
Affiliation:
Planetary Geology Group Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, USA
J. R. Johnson
Affiliation:
US Geological Survey Astrogeology Team 2255 N. Gemini Drive Flagstaff, AZ 86001-1698, USA
B. Jolliff
Affiliation:
Washington University, Campus Box 1169 One Bookings Drive St Louis, MO 63130, USA
R. V. Morris
Affiliation:
NASA/JSC Code KR, Building 31, Room 120 2101 NASA Road 1 Houston, TX 77058, USA
R. J. Sullivan
Affiliation:
CRSR Cornell University, 308 Space Sciences Building Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
S. Thompson
Affiliation:
Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration Box 871404 Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
A. Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University, Campus Box 1196 1 Bookings Drive St Louis, MO 63130-4862, USA
C. Weitz
Affiliation:
Planetary Science Institute, NASA 1700 East Fort Lowell Suite 106 Tuscon, AZ 85719, USA
S. W. Squyres
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, 428 Space Sciences Building, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Jim Bell
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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Multispectral imaging from the Panoramic Camera (Pancam) instruments on the Mars Exploration Rovers (MERs) Spirit and Opportunity has provided important new insights about the geology and geologic history of the rover landing sites and traverse locations in Gusev crater and Meridiani Planum. Pancam observations from near-UV to near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths provide limited compositional and mineralogic constraints on the presence, abundance, and physical properties of ferric- and ferrous-iron–bearing minerals in rocks, soils, and dust at both sites. High-resolution and stereo morphologic observations have also helped to infer some aspects of the composition of these materials at both sites. Perhaps most importantly, Pancam observations were often efficiently and effectively used to discover and select the relatively small number of places where in situ measurements were performed by the rover instruments, thus supporting and enabling the much more quantitative mineralogic discoveries made using elemental chemistry and mineralogy data. This chapter summarizes the major compositionally and mineralogically relevant results at Gusev and Meridiani derived from Pancam observations. Classes of materials encountered in Gusev crater include outcrop rocks, float rocks, cobbles, clasts, soils, dust, rock grindings, rock coatings, windblown drift deposits, and exhumed whitish/yellowish sulfur- and silica-rich soils. Materials studied in Meridiani Planum include sedimentary outcrop rocks, rock rinds, fracture fills, hematite spherules, cobbles, rock fragments, meteorites, soils, and windblown drift deposits. This chapter also previews the results of a number of coordinated observations between Pancam and other rover-based and Mars-orbital instruments that were designed to provide complementary new information and constraints on the mineralogy and physical properties of Martian surface materials.

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Composition, Mineralogy and Physical Properties
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  • Mars Exploration Rover Pancam multispectral imaging of rocks, soils, and dust at Gusev crater and Meridiani Planum
    • By J. F. Bell III, Cornell University, Department of Astronomy, 402 Space Sciences Building, Ithaca, NY 14853-6801, USA, W. M. Calvin, Department of Geological Science, MS 172, University of Nevada Reno, NV 89557-0138, USA, W. H. Farrand, Space Science Institute 4750 Walnut Street, # 205 Boulder, CO 80301, USA, R. Greeley, Planetary Geology Group Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, USA, J. R. Johnson, US Geological Survey Astrogeology Team 2255 N. Gemini Drive Flagstaff, AZ 86001-1698, USA, B. Jolliff, Washington University, Campus Box 1169 One Bookings Drive St Louis, MO 63130, USA, R. V. Morris, NASA/JSC Code KR, Building 31, Room 120 2101 NASA Road 1 Houston, TX 77058, USA, R. J. Sullivan, CRSR Cornell University, 308 Space Sciences Building Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, S. Thompson, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration Box 871404 Tempe, AZ 85287, USA, A. Wang, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University, Campus Box 1196 1 Bookings Drive St Louis, MO 63130-4862, USA, C. Weitz, Planetary Science Institute, NASA 1700 East Fort Lowell Suite 106 Tuscon, AZ 85719, USA, S. W. Squyres, Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, 428 Space Sciences Building, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
  • Edited by Jim Bell, Cornell University, New York
  • Book: The Martian Surface
  • Online publication: 10 December 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511536076.014
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    • By J. F. Bell III, Cornell University, Department of Astronomy, 402 Space Sciences Building, Ithaca, NY 14853-6801, USA, W. M. Calvin, Department of Geological Science, MS 172, University of Nevada Reno, NV 89557-0138, USA, W. H. Farrand, Space Science Institute 4750 Walnut Street, # 205 Boulder, CO 80301, USA, R. Greeley, Planetary Geology Group Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, USA, J. R. Johnson, US Geological Survey Astrogeology Team 2255 N. Gemini Drive Flagstaff, AZ 86001-1698, USA, B. Jolliff, Washington University, Campus Box 1169 One Bookings Drive St Louis, MO 63130, USA, R. V. Morris, NASA/JSC Code KR, Building 31, Room 120 2101 NASA Road 1 Houston, TX 77058, USA, R. J. Sullivan, CRSR Cornell University, 308 Space Sciences Building Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, S. Thompson, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration Box 871404 Tempe, AZ 85287, USA, A. Wang, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University, Campus Box 1196 1 Bookings Drive St Louis, MO 63130-4862, USA, C. Weitz, Planetary Science Institute, NASA 1700 East Fort Lowell Suite 106 Tuscon, AZ 85719, USA, S. W. Squyres, Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, 428 Space Sciences Building, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
  • Edited by Jim Bell, Cornell University, New York
  • Book: The Martian Surface
  • Online publication: 10 December 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511536076.014
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  • Mars Exploration Rover Pancam multispectral imaging of rocks, soils, and dust at Gusev crater and Meridiani Planum
    • By J. F. Bell III, Cornell University, Department of Astronomy, 402 Space Sciences Building, Ithaca, NY 14853-6801, USA, W. M. Calvin, Department of Geological Science, MS 172, University of Nevada Reno, NV 89557-0138, USA, W. H. Farrand, Space Science Institute 4750 Walnut Street, # 205 Boulder, CO 80301, USA, R. Greeley, Planetary Geology Group Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, USA, J. R. Johnson, US Geological Survey Astrogeology Team 2255 N. Gemini Drive Flagstaff, AZ 86001-1698, USA, B. Jolliff, Washington University, Campus Box 1169 One Bookings Drive St Louis, MO 63130, USA, R. V. Morris, NASA/JSC Code KR, Building 31, Room 120 2101 NASA Road 1 Houston, TX 77058, USA, R. J. Sullivan, CRSR Cornell University, 308 Space Sciences Building Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, S. Thompson, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration Box 871404 Tempe, AZ 85287, USA, A. Wang, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University, Campus Box 1196 1 Bookings Drive St Louis, MO 63130-4862, USA, C. Weitz, Planetary Science Institute, NASA 1700 East Fort Lowell Suite 106 Tuscon, AZ 85719, USA, S. W. Squyres, Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, 428 Space Sciences Building, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
  • Edited by Jim Bell, Cornell University, New York
  • Book: The Martian Surface
  • Online publication: 10 December 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511536076.014
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