The Spirit rover landed on geologic units of Hesperian age in Gusev Crater. The Columbia Hills rise above the surrounding plains materials, but orbital images show that the Columbia Hills are older [1, 2]. Spirit has recently descended the southeast slope of the Columbia Hills doing detailed measurements of a series of outcrops. The mineralogical and compositional data on these rocks are consistent with an interpretation as a magmatic sequence becoming increasingly olivine-rich down slope. The outcrop sequence is Larry s Bench, Seminole, Algonquin and Comanche. The "teeth" on the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) wore away prior to arrival at Larry s Bench; the data discussed are for RAT brushed surfaces.


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    Titel :

    Possible Ni-Rich Mafic-Ultramafic Magmatic Sequence in the Columbia Hills: Evidence from the Spirit Rover


    Beteiligte:
    Mittlefehldt, David W. (Autor:in) / Gellert, R. (Autor:in) / McCoy, T. (Autor:in) / McSween, H. Y., Jr. (Autor:in) / Li, R. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    37th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ; 2006 ; League City, TX, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2006-03-13


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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