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The Top of Vera Rubin Ridge Part 1, Site 66-67, sol 1812-1943, 11 Sep 2017-23 Jan 2018
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post Nov 12 2017, 11:31 AM
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Curiosity's weekend workspace L-MastCam, raw in MS ICE. Also a rather nice cropped ChemCam RMI target that features in the workspace. sadly no target names (yet)
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post Nov 12 2017, 02:03 PM
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Hi everyone smile.gif

Found some motivation to do some work there. So, a little bunch of panoramic of my own smile.gif

Sol 1866 Mastcam34



Sol 1867 Navcam



Sol 1869 Navcam



Sol 1871 Navcam



And an extra postcard, from Sol 1866, by Mastcam100 :



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post Nov 12 2017, 05:13 PM
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C'est la cas!
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post Nov 12 2017, 10:31 PM
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The Navcam L view on Sol 1873.

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post Nov 12 2017, 10:34 PM
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Possible aborted drive on 1873, very small move, nothing obvious in the workspace that would warrant a short bump, but what do I know smile.gif
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Sol 1873 Navcam panoramic :



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post Nov 13 2017, 01:32 AM
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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Nov 11 2017, 10:25 PM) *
QUOTE (HSchirmer)
"But, if you don't drill actual bedrock, how would you know it's the same geologic unit?"


All the ChemCam and APXS data, plus geological interpretation of HiRISE and rover images.
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Phil


Good point.

But, eh, I guess I should have phrased my question differently....

What if Vera Ruben Ridge was influenced by groundwater from a deep fault

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2013/pdf/3106.pdf

would we be able to identify vertical displacement?

Lots of sedimentary basins on Earth have developed deep faults that create paths for groundwater flow-


Would there any way to determine whether the geological unit NORTH of the Vera Rubin Ridge has moved higher or lower
than the same geological unit SOUTH of Vera Rubin Ridge?
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post Nov 13 2017, 02:59 AM
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So the first step would need to be detailed geological mapping using HiRISE images and the CRISM compositional data. Is there much evidence of faulting? Not sure, but it could be looked for. My impression is that there has not been a huge amount of faulting, so I would not be expecting an explanation based on large vertical motions. But I haven't done that work myself. Part of the reason for all the Mastcam imaging of the ridge along its northern side was to map the stratigraphy and structure. That can continue to the south as well. Wil there be evidence of vertical offsets? Or is it all stratigraphy, layer after layer without much faulting? I don't know, but that's how it could be tackled.

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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Nov 13 2017, 03:59 AM) *
So the first step would need to be detailed geological mapping using HiRISE images and the CRISM com positional data. Is there much evidence of faulting? Not sure, but it could be looked for. My impression is that there has not been a huge amount of faulting, so I would not be expecting an explanation based on large vertical motions. But I haven't done that work myself. Part of the reason for all the Mastcam imaging of the ridge along its northern side was to map the stratigraphy and structure. That can continue to the south as well. Will there be evidence of vertical offsets? Or is it all stratigraphy, layer after layer without much faulting? I don't know, but that's how it could be tackled.

Phil


Well, reason I'm asking, what may be dumb questions.

Given the amount of boxwork exposed not that far away- at Naukluft plateau, and at the base of Mount Sharp

and given estimates that boxwork features are likely due to groundwater,
and given estimates that cubic kilometers of groundwater are needed to create the boxwork features
https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/9838/1/S...chapters1-3.pdf

Then it might be interesting to look at layering, not just "It's sandstone" or "it's mudstone" but which lake layer are we talking about?

Idea being, that identification of specific lake layers, allows you to identify offset faults, and identify discontinuities.

Now, that's a HUGE challenge to put on somebody else, doing high resolution stratigraphapy takes huge amounts of data.

I'm just a bit curious whether the huge amounts of data being collected could eventually identify likely groundwater sources.-
"oh, there's a fault here, we see that the layers are offset by (1, 10, 100, 1000 meters) which suggests that there's a connection
to groundwater going down at least (1, 10, 100, 1000 meters)...
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QUOTE (PaulH51 @ Nov 12 2017, 02:34 PM) *
Possible aborted drive on 1873, very small move, nothing obvious in the workspace that would warrant a short bump, but what do I know smile.gif


The drive was intentionally short. Some targets were out of reach and on the previous drive we did not want to overshoot. While our cameras are well calibrated one has to account for some measurement errors!

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QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Nov 13 2017, 10:58 PM) *
The drive was intentionally short. Some targets were out of reach and on the previous drive we did not want to overshoot. While our cameras are well calibrated one has to account for some measurement errors!


Many thanks Paolo, also the weekend plan just got released and it mentioned the 'bump' smile.gif
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Sol 1873 Lmastcam:
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QUOTE (PaulH51 @ Nov 13 2017, 12:00 PM) *
Many thanks Paolo, also the weekend plan just got released and it mentioned the 'bump' smile.gif


One would think there's a uniform understanding of what constitutes as a "bump". I have seen a 20-30m drive referred to as a bump. I end up calling anything that is less than a meter a "burp" since that typically requires only one or two rover steps.

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QUOTE (HSchirmer @ Nov 13 2017, 05:35 AM) *
...and given estimates that boxwork features are likely due to groundwater ...

Tafoni and honeycomb weathering as examples of salt weathering are other options, Given the sulfate-rich overlying layers, I'd consider some kind of salt weathering as another, if not more plausible, cause of the boxwork. This doesn't rule out additional groundwater activity, but it may be less evident, at least from a distance.
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The boxwork is on the horizon between the sulphate rich upper member of the Mount Sharp lower formation and the overlying aeolian deposits. There would almost certainly have been a hiatus following the final water influenced deposition so dessication fracturing must be a contender and given the lack of lithification of the overlying deposits any subsequent groundwater interaction must have occurred before the aeolian deposition.
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