[meteorite-list] Remnants of Ancient Streambed on Mars

From: Paul H. <inselberg_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 7:49:07 -0400
Message-ID: <20130801074907.RARA0.287069.imail_at_eastrmwml208>

Remnants of Ancient Streambed on Mars (White-Balanced View)
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia17062.html

Guy Webster, 2013, Pebbly Rocks Testify to Old Streambed on Mars.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, July 28th, 2013
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20130530f.html

Papers

Williams, R. M. E., J. P. Grotzinger, W. E. Dietrich, S Gupta,
D. Y. Sumner, R. C. Wiens, N. Mangold, M. C. Malin, and
others, 2013, Martian Fluvial Conglomerates at Gale Crater.
Science, vol. 340, no. 6136, pp. 1068?1072.
https://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6136/1068.abstract

Jerolmack, D. J., 2013, Pebbles on Mars. Science. vol. 340,
no. 6136, pp. 1055-1056.
https://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6136/1055.summary

Papers on Martian sedimentology are:

Grotzinger, J., D. Beaty, G. Dromart, S. Gupta, M. Harris, J.
Hurowitz, G. Kocurek, S. McLennan, R. Milliken, and others,
2011, Mars Sedimentary Geology: Key Concepts and
Outstanding Questions. Astrobiology. vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 77?87.
http://authors.library.caltech.edu/37179/1/ast.2010.0571.pdf

Grotzinger, J., D.W. Beaty, G. Dromart, S. Gupta, M. Harris,
J. Hurowitz, G. Kocurek, S. McLennan, R. Milliken, G. G.
Ori, and D. Summer, 2011, The Sedimentary Record of Mars.
The Sedimentary Record. vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 4-8.
http://www.sepm.org/CM_Files/SedimentaryRecord/SedRecord%209-2.pdf
http://www.sepm.org/pages.aspx?pageid=37

Lewis, K. W., and O. Aharonson, in press, Occurrence and
Origin of Rhythmic Sedimentary Rocks on Mars. Journal
of Geophysical Research.
https://www.princeton.edu/~kwlewis/2arabia.pdf
http://www.princeton.edu/~kwlewis/publications.shtml

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Thu 01 Aug 2013 07:49:07 AM PDT