Member Since 1987
Jack F. Mustard
Professor, Brown University
AGU Research
Search

Filters
Clear All
Sustained presence of water in the Martian subsurface: Implications for persistence of H2 production and Habitability
THE NEW MARS UNDERGROUND II POSTER
planetary sciences | 14 december 2023
John F. Mustard
Studies about water on Mars encompass diverse modeling, observations and interpretations seeking to determine when during Mars history liquid water wa...
View Abstract
‘Windows’ into Mars’ potentially habitable subsurface in the context of NASA’s Perseverance extended mission
THE NEW MARS UNDERGROUND III ORAL
planetary sciences | 14 december 2023
Adomas Valantinas, John F. Mustard, Valentin T. Bi...
The search for ancient biosignatures on Mars has largely focused on sedimentary environments. However, this approach presumes Earth-like lacustrine pr...
View Abstract
Intermediate Infrared Spectroscopy of Pyroxene: Determination of Ca‐Mg‐Fe Composition in the 4–8 Micron Wavelength Range
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
11 may 2023
Christopher Kremer, John F. Mustard, Carle M. Piet...

Although pyroxene has been detected remotely across the Solar System, limited information is available from infrared remote sensing about the Mg...

View Publication
Did (some) carbonate & serpentine alteration of ultramafic rocks on Mars occur via ambient weathering over billions of years?
PERSEVERANCE AT JEZERO DELTA II POSTER
planetary sciences | 16 december 2022
James Andrew M. Leong, Peter B. Kelemen, Owen Evan...
How much of the observed, relatively common carbonate and rarer serpentine alteration on Mars might have formed during slow weathering at ambient surf...
View Abstract
The Circum‐Isidis Capping Unit: An Extensive Regional Ashfall Deposit Exposed in Jezero Crater
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
28 april 2022
Carol Hundal, John F. Mustard, Christopher Kremer,...

Several mineralogically diverse regions across Mars are capped by dark‐toned rock formations emplaced during the Noachian‐Hesperian tra...

View Publication
Nitrogenous Altered Volcanic Glasses as Targets for Mars Sample Return: Examples From Antarctica and Iceland
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: PLANETS
15 february 2022
Matthew P. Nikitczuk, Gray E. Bebout, Tsutomu Ota,...

Mars exploration is focused on seeking evidence of habitable environments and microbial life. Terrestrial glassy basalts may be the closest Mars...

View Publication
Crude banding and/or layering observed at outcrop scale of an olivine-bearing ultramafic ash unit on the floor of Jezero crater
THE MARS 2020 PERSEVERANCE ROVER’S EARLY MISSION IN JEZERO CRATER, MARS IV POSTER
planetary sciences | 14 december 2021
John F. Mustard
The regional, ultramafic olivine-bearing unit (OBU) in the Nili Planum and Jezero crater region of Mars is very important for understanding late-Noach...
View Abstract
Characteristics, Origins, and Biosignature Preservation Potential of Carbonate‐Bearing Rocks Within and Outside of Jezero Crater
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: PLANETS
05 november 2021
Jesse D. Tarnas, Kathryn Stack, Mario Parente, Ari...

Carbonate minerals have been detected in Jezero crater, an ancient lake basin that is the landing site of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, and wit...

View Publication