Characterization of the Martian surface deposits by the Mars Pathfinder rover, Sojourner

被引：151

作者：

Matijevic, JR

Crisp, J

Bickler, DB

Banes, RS

Cooper, BK

Eisen, HJ

Gensler, J

Haldemann, A

Hartman, F

Jewett, KA

Matthies, LH

Laubach, SL

Mishkin, AH

Morrison, JC

Nguyen, TT

Sirota, AR

Stone, HW

Stride, S

Sword, LF

Tarsala, JA

Thompson, AD

Wallace, MT

Welch, R

Wellman, E

Wilcox, BH

Ferguson, D

Jenkins, P

Kolecki, J

Landis, GA

Wilt, D

机构：

[1] CALTECH,JET PROP LAB,PASADENA,CA 91109

[2] NASA,LEWIS RES CTR,CLEVELAND,OH 44135

来源：

SCIENCE | 1997年 / 278卷 / 5344期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.278.5344.1765

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Sojourner, the Mars Pathfinder rover, discovered pebbles on the surface and in rocks that may be sedimentary-not volcanic-in origin. Surface pebbles may have been rounded by Ares flood waters or liberated by weathering of sedimentary rocks called conglomerates. Conglomerates imply that water existed elsewhere and earlier than the Ares flood. Most soil-like deposits are similar to moderately dense soils on Earth. Small amounts of dust are currently settling from the atmosphere.

引用

页码：1765 / 1768

页数：4

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