Grotzinger and Milliken assembled author chapters for the SEPM Special Publication in 2012. They introduced the coverage of Mars sedimentology by opining that Mars is often thought of as a volcanically dominated planet; during the last decade of exploration in orbit and on the surface, these have revealed with increasing clarity the role of sedimentary processes on the Red Planet.
Data from recent orbiters have highlighted the role of sedimentary processes throughout the geologic evolution of Mars by providing evidence that such processes are preserved in a rock record that spans a period of over four billion years.
Rover observations have provided complementary outcrop-scale evidence for ancient eolian and fluvial transport and deposition, as well as surprisingly Earth-like patterns of diagenesis that involve recrystallization and the formation of concretions. In addition, the detection of clay minerals and sulfate salts on Mars, coupled with large-scale morphologic features indicative of fluvial activity, indicate that water-rock interactions were once common on the Martian surface.
No mention of one of the first serious papers on the groundwater below the surface of Mars: https://i2mconsultants.com/downloads/mdcampbell/MarsGeoHy89.pdf
Here is the coverage of those chapters that are available for download (for free):
Overview
The Sedimentary Rock Record of Mars: Distribution, Origins, and Global Stratigraphy
Authors:
John P. Grotzinger;
Ralph E. Milliken
An Atlas of Mars Sedimentary Rocks as seen by HIRISE
Authors:
Ross A. Beyer;
Kathryn M. Stack;
Jennifer L. Griffes;
Ralph E. Milliken;
Ken E. Herkenhoff;
Shane Byrne;
John W. Holt;
John P. Grotzinger
Weathering, Diagenesis, Geochemistry
Aqueous Alteration in Martian Meteorites: Comparing Mineral Relations in Igneous-Rock Weathering of Martian Meteorites and in the Sedimentary Cycle of Mars
Author:
Michael A. Velbel
Geochemistry of Sedimentary Processes on Mars
Author:
Scott M. McLennan
Sediment Transport and Deposition
Were Aqueous Ripples on Mars Formed by Flowing Brines?
Authors:
Michael P. Lamb;
John P. Grotzinger;
John B. Southard;
Nicholas J. Tosca
Source-to-Sink: An Earth/Mars Comparison of Boundary Conditions for Eolian Dune Systems
Authors:
Gary Kocurek;
Ryan C. Ewing
Duststones on Mars: Source, Transport, Deposition, and Erosion
Authors:
Nathan T. Bridges;
Daniel R. Muhs
Case Studies
Focusing the Search for Biosignatures on Mars: Facies Prediction with an Example from Acidalia Planitia
Authors:
Dorothy Z. Oehler;
Carlton C. Allen
Stratigraphic Architecture of Bedrock Reference Section, Victoria Crater, Meridiani Planum, Mars
Authors:
Lauren A. Edgar;
John P. Grotzinger;
Alex G. Hayes;
David M. Rubin;
Steve W. Squyres;
James F. Bell;
Ken E. Herkenhoff
Terrestrial Analogs
Potential Recognition of Accretionary Lapilli in Distal Impact Deposits on Mars: A Facies Analog Provided by the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Impact Deposit
Author:
Philip Fralick;
John Grotzinger;
Lauren Edgar
Early Diagenesis by Modern Acid Brines in Western Australia and Implications for the History of Sedimentary Modification on Mars
Authors:
Brenda B. Bowen;
Kathleen C. Benison;
Stacy Story
Characteristics of Terrestrial Ferric Oxide Concretions and Implications for Mars
Authors:
Marjorie A. Chan;
Sally L. Potter;
Brenda B. Bowen;
W.T. Parry;
Laura M. Barge;
Erich U. Petersen;
John R. Bowman
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