The petrochemistry of Jake-M: A martian mugearite

MSL Science Team; E. M. Stolper; M. B. Baker; M. E. Newcombe; M. E. Schmidt; A. H. Treiman; A. Cousin; M. D. Dyar; M. R. Fisk; R. Gellert; P. L. King; L. Leshin; S. Maurice; S. M. McLennan; M. E. Minitti; G. Perrett; S. Rowland; V. Sautter; R. C. Wiens; Osku Kemppinen; Nathan Bridges; Jeffrey R. Johnson; David Cremers; James F. Bell; Lauren Edgar; Jack Farmer; Austin Godber; Meenakshi Wadhwa; Danika Wellington; Ian McEwan; Claire Newman; Mark Richardson; Antoine Charpentier; Laurent Peret; Jennifer Blank; Gerald Weigle; Shuai Li; Ralph Milliken; Kevin Robertson; Vivian Sun; Christopher Edwards; Bethany Ehlmann; Kenneth Farley; Jennifer Griffes; John Grotzinger; Hayden Miller; Sam Clegg; David K. Martin; Michael D. Smith; Sharon A. Wilson; Robert Downs

doi:10.1126/science.1239463

The petrochemistry of Jake-M: A martian mugearite

MSL Science Team, E. M. Stolper^*, M. B. Baker, M. E. Newcombe, M. E. Schmidt, A. H. Treiman, A. Cousin, M. D. Dyar, M. R. Fisk, R. Gellert, P. L. King, L. Leshin, S. Maurice, S. M. McLennan, M. E. Minitti, G. Perrett, S. Rowland, V. Sautter, R. C. Wiens, Osku KemppinenNathan Bridges, Jeffrey R. Johnson, David Cremers, James F. Bell, Lauren Edgar, Jack Farmer, Austin Godber, Meenakshi Wadhwa, Danika Wellington, Ian McEwan, Claire Newman, Mark Richardson, Antoine Charpentier, Laurent Peret, Jennifer Blank, Gerald Weigle, Shuai Li, Ralph Milliken, Kevin Robertson, Vivian Sun, Christopher Edwards, Bethany Ehlmann, Kenneth Farley, Jennifer Griffes, John Grotzinger, Hayden Miller, Sam Clegg, David K. Martin, Michael D. Smith, Sharon A. Wilson, Robert Downs

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"Jake-M," the first rock analyzed by the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer instrument on the Curiosity rover, differs substantially in chemical composition from other known martian igneous rocks: It is alkaline (>15% normative nepheline) and relatively fractionated. Jake-M is compositionally similar to terrestrial mugearites, a rock type typically found at ocean islands and continental rifts. By analogy with these comparable terrestrial rocks, Jake-M could have been produced by extensive fractional crystallization of a primary alkaline or transitional magma at elevated pressure, with or without elevated water contents. The discovery of Jake-M suggests that alkaline magmas may be more abundant on Mars than on Earth and that Curiosity could encounter even more fractionated alkaline rocks (for example, phonolites and trachytes).

Original language	English
Article number	1239463
Journal	Science
Volume	341
Issue number	6153
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1239463
Publication status	Published - 2013
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MSL Science Team, Stolper, E. M., Baker, M. B., Newcombe, M. E., Schmidt, M. E., Treiman, A. H., Cousin, A., Dyar, M. D., Fisk, M. R., Gellert, R., King, P. L., Leshin, L., Maurice, S., McLennan, S. M., Minitti, M. E., Perrett, G., Rowland, S., Sautter, V., Wiens, R. C., ... Downs, R. (2013). The petrochemistry of Jake-M: A martian mugearite. Science, 341(6153), Article 1239463. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1239463

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