Fluidized-sediment pipes in Gale crater, Mars, and possible Earth analogs

被引：19

作者：

Rubin, David M. ^{[1
]}

Fairen, A. G. ^{[2
,3
]}

Martinez-Frias, J. ^{[4
]}

Frydenvang, J. ^{[5
]}

Gasnault, O. ^{[6
]}

Gelfenbaum, G. ^{[7
]}

Goetz, W. ^{[8
]}

Grotzinger, J. P. ^{[9
]}

Le Mouelic, S. ^{[10
]}

Mangold, N. ^{[10
]}

Newsom, H. ^{[11
]}

Oehler, D. Z. ^{[12
]}

Rapin, W. ^{[5
]}

Schieber, J. ^{[13
]}

Wiens, R. C. ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA

[2] CSIC, Inst Nacl Tecn Aeroespacial, Ctr Astrobiol, Torrejon De Ardoz 28850, Spain

[3] Cornell Univ, Dept Astron, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

[4] Univ Complutense Madrid, CSIC, Inst Geociencias IGEO, E-28040 Madrid, Spain

[5] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA

[6] Inst Rech Astrophys & Planetol, F-31400 Toulouse, France

[7] US Geol Survey, Pacific Coastal & Marine Sci Ctr, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 USA

[8] Max Planck Inst Solar Syst Res, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany

[9] CALTECH, Div Geol & Planetary Sci, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

[10] Univ Nantes, CNRS UMR6112, Lab Planetol & Geodynam Nantes, F-44322 Nantes 3, France

[11] Univ New Mexico, Inst Meteorit, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA

[12] NASA, LZ Technol, Johnson Space Ctr, Houston, TX 77058 USA

[13] Indiana Univ, Dept Geol Sci, Bloomington, IN 47408 USA

来源：

GEOLOGY | 2017年 / 45卷 / 01期

基金：

欧洲研究理事会;

关键词：

CHEMCAM INSTRUMENT SUITE; ARABIA TERRA; DEPOSITS; SYSTEM; CANDOR; WATER; UNIT;

D O I：

10.1130/G38339.1

中图分类号：

P5 [地质学];

学科分类号：

0709 ; 081803 ;

摘要：

Since landing in Gale crater, the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity has traversed fluvial, lacustrine, and eolian sedimentary rocks that were deposited within the crater similar to 3.6 to 3.2 b.y. ago. Here we describe structures interpreted to be pipes formed by vertical movement of fluidized sediment. Like many pipes on Earth, those in Gale crater are more resistant to erosion than the host rock; they form near other pipes, dikes, or deformed sediment; and some contain internal concentric or eccentric layering. These structures provide new evidence of the importance of subsurface aqueous processes in shaping the near-surface geology of Mars.

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页码：7 / 10

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