Comments on: Close-up on another flaky Martian rock https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/close-up-on-another-flaky-martian-rock/ Thu, 09 Jun 2022 15:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Andrew R https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/close-up-on-another-flaky-martian-rock/#comment-1336479 Thu, 09 Jun 2022 15:52:00 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=85410#comment-1336479 I’d be interested in anything from pure speculation to educated guesses from any of the geologists studying Mars, about what Mars’s one-third gravity and thin atmosphere would make the planet’s geology unique. Could those flaky rocks form or survive in Earth’s gravity, or a steady breeze?

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/close-up-on-another-flaky-martian-rock/#comment-1336251 Wed, 08 Jun 2022 23:27:25 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=85410#comment-1336251 In reply to Greg the Geologist.

Greg the Geologist: Nothing has been published yet, but Curiosity is now moving into what has been dubbed the sulfate unit. See this post, including the links:

As Curiosity retreats from rough country, scientists look at the future geology it will see

]]> By: Greg the Geologist https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/close-up-on-another-flaky-martian-rock/#comment-1336247 Wed, 08 Jun 2022 23:23:13 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=85410#comment-1336247 Any report on the composition of those ‘flakes’? In a sandy matrix, but here on earth with water interaction, I would think of gypsum. But that’s here.

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