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Ground penetrating radar observations of the contact between the western delta and the crater floor of Jezero crater, Mars.

David A Paige, Svein-Erik Hamran, Hans E F Amundsen, Tor Berger, Patrick Russell, Reva Kakaria, Michael T Mellon, Sigurd Eide, Lynn M Carter, Titus M Casademont and 6 more

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16 authors.

David A PaigeUniversity of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-6122-9904
Svein-Erik HamranUniversity of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-1078-449X
Hans E F AmundsenVestfonna Geophysical, Trondheim, Norway.
Tor BergerUniversity of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0009-0006-7998-5093
Patrick RussellUniversity of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4545-4773
Reva KakariaUniversity of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1968-7899
Michael T MellonCornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7973-9585
Sigurd EideUniversity of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-0061-1867
Lynn M CarterUniversity of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6245-4142
Titus M CasademontUniversity of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-5897-9659
Daniel C NunesJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0937-7176
Emileigh S Shoemaker ThackstonUniversity of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4496-9732
Dirk PlettemeierTechnische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8229-3932
Henning DypvikUniversity of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-0488-3763
Sanna Holm-AlwmarkLund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-0146-9324
Briony H N HorganPurdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6314-9724

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The delta deposits in Jezero crater contain sedimentary records of potentially habitable conditions on Mars. NASA's Perseverance rover is exploring the Jezero western delta with a suite of instruments that include the RIMFAX ground penetrating radar, which provides continuous subsurface images that probe up to 20 meters below the rover. As Perseverance traversed across the contact between the Jezero crater floor and the delta, RIMFAX detected a distinct discontinuity in the subsurface layer structure. Below the contact boundary are older crater floor units exhibiting discontinuous inclined layering. Above the contact boundary are younger basal delta units exhibiting regular horizontal layering. At one location, there is a clear unconformity between the crater floor and delta layers, which implies that the crater floor experienced a period of erosion before the deposition of the overlying delta strata. The regularity and horizontality of the basal delta sediments observed in the radar cross sections indicate that they were deposited in a low-energy lake environment.

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