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Curiosity at Gale Crater, Mars: Characterization and Analysis of the Rocknest Sand Shadow

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Blake, D. F., Morris, R. V., Kocurek, G., Morrison, S. M., Downs, R. T., Bish, D., Ming, D. W., Edgett, K. S. +433 more·2013·Science
DOI 10.1126/science.1239505
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The Rocknest aeolian deposit is similar to aeolian features analyzed by the Mars Exploration Rovers (MERs) Spirit and Opportunity. The fraction of sand <150 micrometers in size contains ~55% crystalline material consistent with a basaltic heritage and ~45% x-ray amorphous material. The amorphous component of Rocknest is iron-rich and silicon-poor and is the host of the volatiles (water, oxygen, sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and chlorine) detected by the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument and of the fine-grained nanophase oxide component first described from basaltic soils analyzed by MERs. The similarity between soils and aeolian materials analyzed at Gusev Crater, Meridiani Planum, and Gale Crater implies locally sourced, globally similar basaltic materials or globally and regionally sourced basaltic components deposited locally at all three locations.

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Affiliations
  • Ames Research Center (US)
  • Johnson Space Center (US)
  • The University of Texas at Austin (US)
  • University of Arizona (US)
  • Indiana University Bloomington (US)
  • Malin Space Science Systems (United States) (US)
  • United States Geological Survey (US)
  • Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (DE)
  • University of Copenhagen (DK)
  • Cornell University (US)
  • University of Guelph (CA)
  • Lunar and Planetary Institute (US)
  • Stony Brook University (US)
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (US)
  • California Institute of Technology (US)
  • Planetary Science Institute (US)
  • Chesapeake Energy, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, USA.
  • University of California, Davis (US)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • Oregon State University (US)
  • Finnish Meteorological Institute (FI)
  • Goddard Space Flight Center (US)
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (US)
  • Carnegie Institution for Science (US)
  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX)
  • University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
  • Princeton University (US)
  • Arizona State University (US)
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.
  • Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (US)
  • GeoRessources (FR)
Corresponding author
Blake, D. F.
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Venue
Science
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published
2013-09-27
Volume
341
Issue
6153
Pages
1239505-1239505
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.1239505
OpenAlex
W2170411650
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352
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Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astro and Planetary Science
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Earth-Surface Processes › Aeolian processes and effects
Keywords
Rocknest, Gale Crater, wind-blown sand, basaltic soils, amorphous materials, sulfur dioxide, chlorine, Mars Exploration Rover, Gusev Crater, Meridiani Planum

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