Sedimentary facies within Glen Torridon record a transition from low-energy lacustrine mudstones to higher-energy fluvial sandstones. Glen Torridon hosts the highest clay mineral abundances observed thus far by MSL while remaining in family with the Mount Sharp group. Glen Torridon drill samples contain the greatest diversity of organic compounds yet detected by the MSL mission.
Glen Torridon exhibits spectral signatures consistent with Fe-bearing clay minerals and fine-grained red hematite within allmembers The Hutton interval, on the uppermost edge of GT, has no clay mineral spectral signatures and instead shows evidence of hematite coarsening Clay minerals and fine-grained hematite formed via early weathering and oxidation while coarse-grained hematite formed via late diagenesis
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.