Martian Fluvial Conglomerates at Gale Crater
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- R. M. E. Williams
- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA.
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- J. P. Grotzinger
- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
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- W. E. Dietrich
- Earth and Planetary Science Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- S. Gupta
- Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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- D. Y. Sumner
- Geology Department, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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- R. C. Wiens
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.
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- N. Mangold
- Laboratoire Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes, LPGN/CNRS UMR6112 and Université de Nantes, 44322 Nantes, France.
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- M. C. Malin
- Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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- K. S. Edgett
- Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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- S. Maurice
- Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP), Université de Toulouse/CNRS, 31400 Toulouse, France.
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- O. Forni
- Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP), Université de Toulouse/CNRS, 31400 Toulouse, France.
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- O. Gasnault
- Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP), Université de Toulouse/CNRS, 31400 Toulouse, France.
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- A. Ollila
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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- H. E. Newsom
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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- G. Dromart
- Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, Université de Lyon, 69364 Lyon, France.
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- M. C. Palucis
- Earth and Planetary Science Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- R. A. Yingst
- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA.
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- R. B. Anderson
- U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA.
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- K. E. Herkenhoff
- U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA.
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- S. Le Mouélic
- Laboratoire Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes, LPGN/CNRS UMR6112 and Université de Nantes, 44322 Nantes, France.
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- W. Goetz
- Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany.
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- M. B. Madsen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- A. Koefoed
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- J. K. Jensen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- J. C. Bridges
- Space Research Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.
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- S. P. Schwenzer
- Department of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK.
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- K. W. Lewis
- Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
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- K. M. Stack
- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
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- D. Rubin
- U.S. Geological Survey, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
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- L. C. Kah
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
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- J. F. Bell
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
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- J. D. Farmer
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
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- R. Sullivan
- Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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- T. Van Beek
- Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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- D. L. Blaney
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.
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- O. Pariser
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.
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- R. G. Deen
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.
Abstract
<jats:title>Going to Mars</jats:title> <jats:p> The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft containing the Curiosity rover, was launched from Earth in November 2011 and arrived at Gale crater on Mars in August 2012. <jats:bold> Zeitlin <jats:italic>et al.</jats:italic> </jats:bold> (p. <jats:related-article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="doi" issue="6136" page="1080" related-article-type="in-this-issue" vol="340" xlink:href="10.1126/science.1235989">1080</jats:related-article> ) report measurements of the energetic particle radiation environment inside the spacecraft during its cruise to Mars, confirming the hazard likely to be posed by this radiation to astronauts on a future potential trip to Mars. <jats:bold> Williams <jats:italic>et al.</jats:italic> </jats:bold> (p. <jats:related-article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="doi" issue="6136" page="1068" related-article-type="in-this-issue" vol="340" xlink:href="10.1126/science.1237317">1068</jats:related-article> , see the Perspective by <jats:bold> <jats:related-article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="doi" issue="6136" page="1055" related-article-type="in-this-issue" vol="340" xlink:href="10.1126/science.1239343">Jerolmack</jats:related-article> </jats:bold> ) report the detection of sedimentary conglomerates (pebbles mixed with sand and turned to rock) at Gale crater. The rounding of the rocks suggests abrasion of the pebbles as they were transported by flowing water several kilometers or more from their source. </jats:p>
Journal
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- Science
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Science 340 (6136), 1068-1072, 2013-05-31
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1360855568550954880
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- ISSN
- 10959203
- 00368075
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