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Basaltic Sediments, rethinking Mars - again?

ngunn View Member Profile	Oct 24 2014, 09:18 AM Post #1
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542	This blockbuster article from Emily seems to justify a new discussion topic: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakda...le-of-gale.html So many thoughts, so many questions, I don't know where to start. What about Gusev? Were those basalts actually sandstones too?

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ngunn Basaltic Sediments Oct 24 2014, 09:18 AM

jmknapp From the conclusion: QUOTE With Curiosity's ... Oct 24 2014, 09:48 AM

Gerald Thus far, we've just seen a few data points, w... Oct 24 2014, 11:51 AM

Julius Whereas it is true that we require more time and m... Oct 24 2014, 12:36 PM

elakdawalla The basalts in Gusev are definitely basalts -- Spi... Oct 24 2014, 03:16 PM

SFJCody What would sedimentary rocks deposited by liquid C... Oct 24 2014, 03:27 PM

craigmcg QUOTE (SFJCody @ Oct 24 2014, 11:27 AM) W... Oct 24 2014, 07:34 PM

Don1 QUOTE (SFJCody @ Oct 24 2014, 08:27 AM) W... Oct 24 2014, 08:13 PM

Gerald My first association would be carbonates or HCO3 s... Oct 24 2014, 03:34 PM

nprev Here's my best guess at a brief history of Mar... Oct 24 2014, 08:02 PM

ngunn QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 24 2014, 09:02 PM) Her... Oct 24 2014, 09:17 PM

Gerald QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 24 2014, 11:17 PM) We ... Oct 24 2014, 11:41 PM

Gerald QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 24 2014, 11:17 PM) Mar... Oct 25 2014, 04:32 PM

serpens QUOTE (Gerald @ Oct 25 2014, 04:32 PM) 2.... Oct 25 2014, 08:57 PM

dburt QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 24 2014, 01:02 PM) Her... Oct 24 2014, 10:42 PM

Don1 Virtually all the knowledge about how rocks weathe... Oct 24 2014, 08:31 PM

nprev Good questions, and I'll defer to someone with... Oct 24 2014, 09:57 PM

djellison For those who want to read tens of thousands of wo... Oct 24 2014, 11:26 PM

dburt QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 24 2014, 04:26 PM)... Oct 25 2014, 12:11 AM

serpens In all this discussion we need to differentiate be... Oct 25 2014, 10:16 AM

SFJCody Some exciting ideas so far! Sorry for the ridi... Oct 25 2014, 10:27 AM

dvandorn QUOTE (serpens @ Oct 25 2014, 05:16 AM) .... Oct 25 2014, 12:57 PM

stevesliva QUOTE (dvandorn @ Oct 25 2014, 08:57 AM) ... Oct 29 2014, 04:19 AM

dburt QUOTE (serpens @ Oct 25 2014, 03:16 AM) I... Oct 26 2014, 12:00 AM

serpens QUOTE (dburt @ Oct 26 2014, 12:00 AM) ...... Oct 26 2014, 10:29 PM

Julius How long in terms of time scale are we talking her... Oct 25 2014, 12:00 PM

serpens Subduction zones have a way of terminating the oce... Oct 25 2014, 01:30 PM

Gerald Changing too many parameters at the same time make... Oct 25 2014, 11:14 PM

jmknapp In terms of fixed, time-honored ideas about Mars, ... Oct 26 2014, 01:34 AM

MrNatural Speaking of empirical evidence, how does MSL's... Oct 26 2014, 02:43 AM

Gerald QUOTE (MrNatural @ Oct 26 2014, 04:43 AM)... Oct 26 2014, 12:23 PM

ngunn QUOTE (Gerald @ Oct 26 2014, 01:23 PM) Bu... Oct 26 2014, 10:21 PM

Gerald QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 27 2014, 12:21 AM) Yes... Oct 27 2014, 11:36 AM

Don1 I think the most likely scenario is not that Mars ... Oct 26 2014, 06:08 AM

Julius At what stratigraphic level are the yellow knife b... Oct 27 2014, 03:05 PM

Gerald Not sure, whether there is a final consensus. Refe... Oct 27 2014, 03:37 PM

elakdawalla There were several talks at GSA trying to address ... Oct 27 2014, 03:41 PM

Julius And pahrump hills would be part of the Murray form... Oct 27 2014, 08:33 PM

Don1 It's been over a month since the Pahrump hills... Oct 27 2014, 10:00 PM

ngunn QUOTE (Don1 @ Oct 27 2014, 10:00 PM) It... Oct 27 2014, 10:49 PM

Gerald QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 28 2014, 12:49 AM) Mor... Oct 28 2014, 08:59 PM

elakdawalla CheMin and SAM do not produce instant results, unl... Oct 27 2014, 11:29 PM

serpens In the absence of folding it would be anticipated ... Oct 28 2014, 09:09 AM

MrNatural I have to ask the obvious question here. What doe... Oct 30 2014, 01:52 AM

Gerald Cross-bedding is a strong hint towards either a fl... Oct 30 2014, 06:02 PM

jmknapp Were the fine layers necessarily formed in a wet e... Oct 31 2014, 09:42 AM

Gerald Fine layers without additional evidence aren't... Oct 31 2014, 09:58 AM

serpens Speaking from the comfortable confines of an armch... Nov 2 2014, 02:19 AM

Gerald QUOTE (serpens @ Nov 2 2014, 04:19 AM) Ev... Nov 2 2014, 11:39 AM

serpens Thanks, I hadn't seen that release of Science.... Nov 2 2014, 04:08 PM

wildespace And yet Curiosity finds evidence of plentiful wate... Dec 9 2014, 08:06 AM

nprev It may well have had rain at some time(s), but the... Dec 9 2014, 08:51 AM

centsworth_II Phoenix saw snow falling on current day Mars. Dec 9 2014, 10:52 AM

Harder My first action after reading these latest MSL res... Dec 9 2014, 01:56 PM

Gerald IIRC, in the telecon they said, that they don... Dec 9 2014, 02:19 PM

Julius I followed yesterday's press conference and th... Dec 9 2014, 02:31 PM

Gerald The largely basaltic composition of the rocks shou... Dec 9 2014, 03:08 PM

Julius QUOTE (Gerald @ Dec 9 2014, 04:08 PM) The... Dec 9 2014, 03:36 PM

Gerald True. Same age is one of the implicite assumptions... Dec 9 2014, 03:52 PM

serpens Nice to see the illustrations showing a lake in Ga... Dec 9 2014, 10:30 PM

djellison QUOTE (serpens @ Dec 9 2014, 02:30 PM) Pe... Dec 9 2014, 10:46 PM

Gerald QUOTE (serpens @ Dec 9 2014, 11:30 PM) ..... Dec 10 2014, 10:39 AM

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