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New Insights into the Geology of the Mars Pathfinder Landing Site from Spectral and Morphologic Analysis of the 12-Color Superpan PanoramaNew analyses of rocks and soils at the Mars Pathfinder landing site have been completed using the full Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) 12- color SuperPan panorama. These revise early conclusions that rocks at the landing site are a single lithology coated only by windblown dust. We conclude instead that there is also a second lithology in addition to the dominant gray rock, and that it is consistent with highlands material excavated from beneath a thin veneer of northern plains; that many rocks have cemented coatings that formed during an early, probably wetter climate; and that young rocks excavated after coating formation ceased are mainly breccias or conglomerates.
Document ID
20030066627
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
S Murchie
(Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland, United States)
O Barnouin-Jha
(Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland, United States)
K Barnouin-Jha
(Proxemy Research, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
J Bishop
(Ames Research Center Mountain View, California, United States)
J Johnson
(United States Geological Survey Reston, Virginia, United States)
H McSween
(University of Tennessee at Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee, United States)
R Morris
(Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
July 25, 2003
Publication Information
Publication: Sixth International Conference on Mars
Publisher: LPI
Subject Category
Geophysics
Report/Patent Number
3060
Meeting Information
Meeting: Sixth International Conference on Mars
Location: Pasadena, CA
Country: US
Start Date: July 20, 2003
End Date: July 25, 2003
Sponsors: Lunar and Planetary Institute
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NCC5-679
Distribution Limits
Public
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