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, Edgett, Kenneth, Stack, Kathryn, M, Dietrich, William, E, Bryk, Alexander, B, Mangold, Nicolas, Bedford, Candice, Gasda, Patrick, Fairén, Alberto, Thompson, Lucy, Johnson, Jeff, Gasnault, Olivier, Clegg, Sam, Cousin, Agnes, Forni, Olivier, Frydenvang, Jens, Lanza, Nina, Maurice, Sylvestre, Newsom, Horton, Ollila, Ann, Payré, Valérie, Rivera-Hernandez, Frances, Vasavada, Ashwin
• Other Authors: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Department of Earth and Planetary Science UC Berkeley (EPS), University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley), University of California (UC)-University of California (UC), Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique UMR 6112 (LPG), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (UN UFR ST), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of New Brunswick (UNB), Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, Rice University Houston, Dartmouth College Hanover
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: Gale crater; Heterolithic unit; Curiosity rover; Stimson formation; Murray formation; Greenheugh pediment; [SDU.STU.PL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Planetology; Bathurst Inlet; Hidden Valley; Pyramid; The Landing; Yellowknife; Yellowknife Bay
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02933157; https://hal.science/hal-02933157/document; https://hal.science/hal-02933157/file/Heterolithic_Wiens_2020_Hal.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113897

International audience 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...