Geomorphology of Gale Crater, Rock on! |
Geomorphology of Gale Crater, Rock on! |
Sep 26 2012, 10:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
I'd like a discussion thread about the geology detatched from the time limits of current MSL threads. We had a 'Geomorphology of Cape York' thread that attracted a lot of interesting posts. How about 'Geomorphology of Gale Crater'? I have one or two ideas but many more questions, and I'd like to post them in a longer-running thread away from the day to day imaging discussion. Any other takers?
For starters, does anybody have a contour map of this place like the one at Meridiani with 5m intervals? ADMIN: You have your wishes fulfilled on UMSF (sometimes) |
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Jan 10 2013, 11:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
Speculating about processes on other planets is a better way to spend your time than many others. I do it a lot and in the case of Mars I know I'm 'getting warm' when one or more of the real geologists here responds. There have on many occasions been good geological discussions on this forum even if it isn't what we're best at.
On another tack: crowd sourcing is becoming fashionable in science, mainly for searching through large data sets. I think it can apply also to ideas if similar filtering processes are employed. This forum is perhaps a precursor for what could be done more generally. In the meantime the admins have to keep judging their interventions. It's hard work done for free and I respect them greatly for it. |
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Jan 11 2013, 03:57 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
Speculating about processes on other planets is a better way to spend your time than many others. I do it a lot and in the case of Mars I know I'm 'getting warm' when one or more of the real geologists here responds. There have on many occasions been good geological discussions on this forum even if it isn't what we're best at. I'm with ngunn. I enjoy sticking my oar into areas I have no strong specialist knowledge of (hey, it's a fun mission, sometimes one can get a little over-excited!) but I'm even happier to be corrected by the better read among us. |
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