Journey to Mt Sharp - Part 3A: In-situ science at the Kimberley, Sol 596 [Apr 10,'14] to 633 [May 18, '14] |
Journey to Mt Sharp - Part 3A: In-situ science at the Kimberley, Sol 596 [Apr 10,'14] to 633 [May 18, '14] |
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As Curiosity has completed walking the Kimberley outcrop and the science team has decided to go in for some in-situ work that could lead to our first drilled sample since Yellowknife Bay a year ago, I thought it was time to split to a new thread. Keep using the previous thread for the work up to sol 596, which includes numerous Mastcam panoramas of the initial survey of the Kimberley that will probably take many weeks to downlink completely; I figure splitting it here will help us keep the active mission separate from the lagging arrival of data from that survey.
A few links for housekeeping purposes: Curiosity got the first good look at the north edge of the Kimberley on sol 572 - route map Curiosity drove 'round the northeast corner (Mount Joseph) to sight the east side of the Kimberley on sol 589 - route map -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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The fact that we only see these landslides around this area (so far) seems to fit with the unique character of the the ripples in this area.
the local topography may imply more wind activity here, perhaps concentrating more dust of the type that tends to lock together and accumulate to load up into avalanche fodder rather than loosley blow along? And presumably this lighter dust settles as a distinct layer atop previously deposited sand of a much different character, breeding avalanche conditions. Such a scenario would probably have to play out in seasonal deposition/removal cycles, which seems to fit the mostly similar state the slides are in, else we should expect slides superimposed over older slides, though there are sure to be found aspects we see that don't fit such a model. Most likely examples of this exist on earth so hopefully one of our resident geologists can shed some light. |
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