Characteristics of pebble- and cobble-sized clasts along the curiosity rover traverse from bradbury landing to rocknest

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2361-2380

  Yingst, R A ^a   Kah, L C ^b   Palucis, M ^c   Williams, R M E ^a   Garvin, J ^d   Bridges, J C ^e   Bridges, N ^f   Deen, R G ^g   Farmer, J ^h   Gasnault, O ⁱ   Goetz, W ^j   Hamilton, V E ^k   Hipkin, V ^l   Jensen, J K ^m   King, P L ⁿ   Koefoed, A ^m   Le Mouelic S P ⁱ   Madsen, M B ^m   Mangold, N ⁱ   Martinez Frias, J ^o   Maurice, S ⁱ   McCartney, E M ^p   Newsom, H ^q   Pariser, O ^g   Sautter, V H ^r   Wiens, R C ^s   more..

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^k SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁿ AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^o INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^p MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^r MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^s LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

fluvial processes; Mars; surface materials; transport properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892966649     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21699100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JE004435     Document Type: Article

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