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The Geology of Jezero Crater, Observations & Findings
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post Feb 24 2021, 01:41 AM
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This thread is for those rockhounds among us to discuss the new terrain we'll see as Perseverance scoots around her new home. Let's get dirty & technical! laugh.gif


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- nprev   The Geology of Jezero Crater   Feb 24 2021, 01:41 AM
- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (nprev @ Feb 24 2021, 02:41 AM) Thi...   Feb 24 2021, 01:51 AM
- - dougkeenan   Is it indeed "Geology" and not "Are...   Feb 24 2021, 02:13 AM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (dougkeenan @ Feb 24 2021, 03:13 AM...   Feb 24 2021, 02:31 AM
- - Phil Stooke   This has been a discussion since the 1960s. I rem...   Feb 24 2021, 02:52 AM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Feb 24 2021, 03:52 A...   Feb 24 2021, 03:32 AM
|- - Pando   QUOTE (HSchirmer @ Feb 23 2021, 07:32 PM)...   Feb 24 2021, 04:41 AM
- - Don1   Some resources: A recent USGS geological map of t...   Feb 24 2021, 03:11 AM
|- - Eutectic   QUOTE (Don1 @ Feb 23 2021, 09:11 PM) Some...   Feb 24 2021, 09:48 AM
|- - JRehling   For now, we have a mission that'll be explorin...   Feb 24 2021, 05:00 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (JRehling @ Feb 24 2021, 05:00 PM) ...   Feb 24 2021, 08:06 PM
|- - JRehling   What we see now in the near distance is not though...   Feb 24 2021, 09:55 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (JRehling @ Feb 24 2021, 09:55 PM) ...   Feb 25 2021, 12:48 AM
- - stevesliva   Because this forum is now old enough to drive, the...   Feb 24 2021, 04:32 AM
- - nprev   ....aaaand, were done with the pedantry. Let...   Feb 24 2021, 07:16 AM
|- - serpens   QUOTE (nprev @ Feb 24 2021, 07:16 AM) ......   Feb 24 2021, 07:34 AM
- - serpens   The consensus seems to be that the crater floor wa...   Feb 25 2021, 02:16 AM
|- - JRehling   One detail in the Sol 3 panorama that's especi...   Feb 25 2021, 04:29 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (JRehling @ Feb 25 2021, 04:29 PM) ...   Feb 25 2021, 06:15 PM
- - Andreas Plesch   Delta erosion At distances of a few hundered mete...   Feb 26 2021, 09:44 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (Andreas Plesch @ Feb 26 2021, 10:4...   Feb 26 2021, 11:37 PM
- - serpens   Good post Andreas. The isolated hills have been n...   Feb 27 2021, 12:00 AM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (serpens @ Feb 27 2021, 12:00 AM) I...   Feb 27 2021, 12:41 AM
|- - Andreas Plesch   QUOTE (HSchirmer @ Feb 26 2021, 07:41 PM)...   Feb 27 2021, 02:20 AM
- - serpens   The possibility that the mafic floor unit is sedim...   Feb 27 2021, 03:28 AM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (serpens @ Feb 27 2021, 03:28 AM) T...   Feb 27 2021, 01:33 PM
|- - serpens   QUOTE (HSchirmer @ Feb 27 2021, 01:33 PM)...   Feb 27 2021, 11:47 PM
- - pioneer   Does anyone know which rock Perseverance will exam...   Feb 27 2021, 04:47 PM
- - Phil Stooke   No news on that yet. Things are just ramping up a...   Feb 27 2021, 05:22 PM
- - Marz   This image was cropped from the mastcam-z pan. ...   Feb 27 2021, 05:38 PM
|- - Andreas Plesch   QUOTE (Marz @ Feb 27 2021, 12:38 PM) Th...   Feb 27 2021, 07:24 PM
||- - Marz   QUOTE (Andreas Plesch @ Feb 27 2021, 02:2...   Feb 27 2021, 07:33 PM
||- - Steve5304   QUOTE (Andreas Plesch @ Feb 27 2021, 08:2...   Feb 28 2021, 05:11 AM
||- - JRehling   Opportunity and Curiosity both found rocks that we...   Feb 28 2021, 05:35 AM
||- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Steve5304 @ Feb 27 2021, 09:11 PM)...   Mar 4 2021, 10:13 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (Marz @ Feb 27 2021, 06:38 PM) This...   Feb 27 2021, 08:58 PM
- - Pando   While these "holey" rocks appear light i...   Feb 27 2021, 07:30 PM
- - Blue Sky   If the crater floor is covered by ash or other vol...   Feb 27 2021, 07:39 PM
|- - JRehling   It's virtually certain that some of the materi...   Feb 27 2021, 09:20 PM
|- - MahFL   QUOTE (Blue Sky @ Feb 27 2021, 07:39 PM) ...   Feb 28 2021, 06:39 AM
- - Andreas Plesch   Yes, these lineations may have formed from aeolian...   Feb 28 2021, 02:08 AM
|- - JRehling   Great look at the layering in the outlier, Andreas...   Feb 28 2021, 02:42 AM
|- - Andreas Plesch   QUOTE (JRehling @ Feb 27 2021, 09:42 PM) ...   Feb 28 2021, 04:14 AM
|- - serpens   QUOTE (Andreas Plesch @ Feb 28 2021, 04:1...   Feb 28 2021, 10:42 PM
|- - Andreas Plesch   QUOTE (serpens @ Feb 28 2021, 05:42 PM) T...   Mar 1 2021, 07:21 PM
- - Marz   this is a high-level description of the regional g...   Feb 28 2021, 09:42 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (Marz @ Feb 28 2021, 09:42 PM) this...   Feb 28 2021, 10:58 PM
|- - SulliedGoon   If caves created by ancient running waters existed...   Mar 1 2021, 03:23 AM
- - HSchirmer   Hat tip to serpens for finding a paper about coast...   Mar 1 2021, 02:24 PM
- - serpens   Perhaps just coincidence but the pre-Tharsis high ...   Mar 1 2021, 09:19 PM
- - MarkL   A couple of things interest me here (inset of ESP_...   Mar 3 2021, 06:56 PM
- - atomoid   That seeming volcanic cone is quite distinct and i...   Mar 4 2021, 01:08 AM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (atomoid @ Mar 4 2021, 01:08 AM) He...   Mar 4 2021, 04:36 PM
|- - atomoid   ...That large image size is giving my eye-crossing...   Mar 4 2021, 10:10 PM
- - serpens   The cones are the product of aeolian erosion. The...   Mar 4 2021, 01:53 AM
|- - MarkL   QUOTE (serpens @ Mar 4 2021, 02:53 AM) Th...   Mar 4 2021, 03:34 AM
- - Blue Sky   The canyon at lower left in the picture in post #5...   Mar 4 2021, 03:54 AM
- - MarkL   Wouldn't that be one crazy vista? Imagine loo...   Mar 4 2021, 04:22 AM
- - Gladstoner   A portion of a possible traverse that would examin...   Mar 4 2021, 06:50 AM
|- - MahFL   QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Mar 4 2021, 06:50 AM)...   Mar 4 2021, 08:31 PM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Mar 3 2021, 10:50 PM)...   Mar 4 2021, 09:55 PM
- - Gladstoner   Would also like to examine some of these up close:...   Mar 4 2021, 06:58 AM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Mar 4 2021, 06:58 AM)...   Mar 4 2021, 04:51 PM
|- - serpens   QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Mar 4 2021, 06:58 AM)...   Mar 8 2021, 12:39 AM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (serpens @ Mar 8 2021, 01:39 AM) I ...   Mar 8 2021, 11:58 PM
- - serpens   vjkane, Perseverance has four primary mission obje...   Mar 4 2021, 10:55 PM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (serpens @ Mar 4 2021, 02:55 PM) vj...   Mar 5 2021, 12:24 AM
- - serpens   I thought the revised schedule was for launch of t...   Mar 5 2021, 12:47 AM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (serpens @ Mar 4 2021, 04:47 PM) I ...   Mar 5 2021, 02:04 AM
- - Explorer1   One of the papers I read (can't find it now) i...   Mar 5 2021, 03:45 AM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Mar 4 2021, 07:45 PM) ...   Mar 5 2021, 05:28 AM
|- - MahFL   QUOTE (vjkane @ Mar 5 2021, 05:28 AM) ......   Mar 5 2021, 07:25 AM
||- - JRehling   One solution to this would be to fill about 3/4 (~...   Mar 5 2021, 10:06 AM
||- - vjkane   QUOTE (JRehling @ Mar 5 2021, 02:06 AM) O...   Mar 5 2021, 02:23 PM
||- - JRehling   Thanks for the full background, Van. It was this ...   Mar 5 2021, 04:23 PM
||- - Andreas Plesch   QUOTE (vjkane @ Mar 5 2021, 09:23 AM) Phi...   Mar 5 2021, 06:59 PM
||- - JRehling   I share the subjective feeling that Andreas indica...   Mar 5 2021, 08:44 PM
||- - vjkane   QUOTE (Andreas Plesch @ Mar 5 2021, 10:59...   Mar 6 2021, 12:56 AM
||- - Andreas Plesch   QUOTE (vjkane @ Mar 5 2021, 07:56 PM) Fro...   Mar 6 2021, 02:01 AM
||- - vjkane   QUOTE (Andreas Plesch @ Mar 5 2021, 06:01...   Mar 6 2021, 02:02 PM
|- - HSchirmer   RE: The Geology of Jezero Crater   Mar 5 2021, 12:08 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (vjkane @ Mar 5 2021, 05:28 AM) If ...   Mar 5 2021, 12:12 PM
- - serpens   I suspect that as with Curiosity there will be sig...   Mar 5 2021, 11:04 PM
- - HSchirmer   I found the timeline for Jezro in the press packag...   Mar 6 2021, 03:13 PM
- - tdemko   I’m not sure the emphasis is on the pre-lake depos...   Mar 6 2021, 10:59 PM
|- - JRehling   Good information, tdemko. In this case, it seems ...   Mar 7 2021, 12:29 AM
- - nprev   Should I just change the name of this thread to ...   Mar 7 2021, 11:31 AM
- - tdemko   Not sure if the question about experimental basin ...   Mar 8 2021, 02:04 PM
- - Andreas Plesch   The source of the sediments in the delta The (mai...   Mar 8 2021, 09:02 PM
|- - JRehling   With both respect and gratitude for the expertise ...   Mar 9 2021, 12:27 AM
|- - tdemko   QUOTE (JRehling @ Mar 8 2021, 07:27 PM) W...   Mar 9 2021, 02:43 AM
- - serpens   Andreas, despite erosion there are obvious remnant...   Mar 9 2021, 01:17 AM
- - Andreas Plesch   There are sedimentologists specializing in landsca...   Mar 9 2021, 02:29 AM
|- - serpens   QUOTE (Andreas Plesch @ Mar 9 2021, 03:29...   Mar 9 2021, 02:36 PM
|- - Andreas Plesch   QUOTE (serpens @ Mar 9 2021, 09:36 AM) Wh...   Mar 9 2021, 03:08 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (serpens @ Mar 9 2021, 02:36 PM) Wh...   Mar 9 2021, 03:30 PM
- - Andreas Plesch   I find myself agreeing with much of what the abstr...   Mar 9 2021, 02:54 AM
- - MarkL   Do we have any insight as to why the small deltaic...   Mar 9 2021, 10:20 AM
- - MahFL   QUOTE (MarkL @ Mar 9 2021, 10:20 AM) Do w...   Mar 9 2021, 11:22 AM
- - HSchirmer   QUOTE Do we have any insight as to why the small d...   Mar 9 2021, 12:14 PM
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