Fluorine on Mars: Seven Years of Detection with ChemCam On-Board MSL

O. Forni (1) , P.-Y. Meslin , A. Cousin , N. Mangold , L. Le Deit (2) , O. Gasnault (1) , G. David , M. Nachon (3) , D. Blaney (4) , H. Newson , S. Maurice , R. C. Wiens (5) , M. Gaft

1 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
2 DLR Institute of Planetary Research
3 LPG - Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique [UMR 6112]
4 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
5 LANL - Los Alamos National Laboratory

We report fluorine detection by ChemCam on board MSL-curiosity during its traverse. We present the geological settings in which it is found and propose some interpretaion about the mineralogical phases it is found and their respective formation.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Astrophysics [astro-ph]; Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP]; Physics [physics]; Astrophysics [astro-ph]; Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Earth Sciences

O. Forni, P.-Y. Meslin, A. Cousin, N. Mangold, L. Le Deit, et al.. Fluorine on Mars: Seven Years of Detection with ChemCam On-Board MSL. Mars 9th Conference, Jul 2019, Pasadena, United States. ⟨hal-02347561⟩