Origin and composition of three heterolithic boulder- and cobble-bearing deposits overlying the Murray and Stimson formations, Gale Crater, Mars

• Published in: Icarus
• Main Authors: Wiens, Roger C., Edgett, Kenneth S., Stack, Kathryn M., Dietrich, William E., Bryk, Alexander B., Mangold, Nicolas, Bedford, Candice, Gasda, Patrick, Fairen, Alberto, Thompson, Lucy, Johnson, Jeff, Gasnault, Olivier, Clegg, Sam, Cousin, Agnes, Forni, Olivier, Frydenvang, Jens, Lanza, Nina, Maurice, Sylvestre, Newsom, Horton, Ollila, Ann, Payré, Valerie, Rivera-Hernandez, Frances, Vasavada, Ashwin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Curiosity rover; Gale crater; Greenheugh pediment; Heterolithic unit; Murray formation; Stimson formation; Bathurst Inlet; Hidden Valley; Pyramid; The Landing; Yellowknife; Yellowknife Bay
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/origin-and-composition-of-three-heterolithic-boulder-and-cobblebearing-deposits-overlying-the-murray-and-stimson-formations-gale-crater-mars(b26f823f-7788-4c5e-9802-5ead87344d80).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113897; https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/258332208/1_s2.0_S0019103520302773_main.pdf; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086426485&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Heterolithic, boulder-containing, pebble-strewn surfaces occur along the lower slopes of Aeolis Mons (“Mt. Sharp”) in Gale crater, Mars. They were observed in HiRISE images acquired from orbit prior to the landing of the Curiosity rover. The rover was used to investigate three of these units named B...