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Reconstructing the transport history of pebbles on Mars

The discovery of remarkably rounded pebbles by the rover Curiosity, within an exhumed alluvial fan complex in Gale Crater, presents some of the most compelling evidence yet for sustained fluvial activity on Mars. While rounding is known to result from abrasion by inter-particle collisions, geologic...

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Autores principales: Szabó, Tímea, Domokos, Gábor, Grotzinger, John P., Jerolmack, Douglas J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4692308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26460507
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9366