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Mars rocks may be 'sedimentary'
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| Tuesday, 27 January, 2004, 17:33 GMT
Posted on 01/27/2004 10:39:22 AM PST by mjp
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posted on
01/27/2004 10:39:23 AM PST
by
mjp
To: mjp
Slate?
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posted on
01/27/2004 10:41:01 AM PST
by
demlosers
(<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com">Miserable Failure</a>)
To: demlosers
Gonna take a sedimental journey.
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posted on
01/27/2004 10:42:09 AM PST
by
aruanan
To: mjp
What's the over under on how long before this rover breaks down?
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posted on
01/27/2004 10:42:35 AM PST
by
kjam22
To: mjp
If they find fossil seashells embedded in the sedimentary rock, what would Andy Rooney have to say about NASA's subsequent 10x budget increase?
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posted on
01/27/2004 10:42:56 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: mjp
But they are definitely "rocks."
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posted on
01/27/2004 10:43:05 AM PST
by
TheBigB
(I am Elmer J. Fudd, millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht.)
To: mjp
"Sedimentary, my Dear Watson!"
Sherlock Holmes
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posted on
01/27/2004 10:43:26 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(This tagline was produced by outsourced labor in India.)
To: mjp
Free giant shrimp, here I come! :-P
To: aruanan
Gonna take a sedimental journey. LOL!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
01/27/2004 10:46:41 AM PST
by
jigsaw
(Freeper Fidelis)
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To: aruanan
Thats Gneiss as Schist...
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posted on
01/27/2004 11:02:31 AM PST
by
Axenolith
(Oh, look! It's the government, pretending that they care about people!)
To: mjp
Interesting. However, it seems strange that the scientists do not also mention that some sort of an extreme force, e.g., long-term deep burial, is required to consolidate loose sediment into "rocks". Perhaps once the question as to the structure of the sedimentary rocks has been answered, another interesting question is what geologic forces brought these rocks to the surface of Mars; wind, water and/or ice erosion, crustal movements, volcanics, etc.?
Muleteam1
To: demlosers
Isn't Slate a metamorphic rock (heat altered shale ?)
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posted on
01/27/2004 11:04:02 AM PST
by
XRdsRev
To: mjp
Build a Stargate!
To: aruanan
Gonna take a sedimental journey. They're definitely sedentary rocks.
"Thet're rocks!" said a mentary.
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posted on
01/27/2004 11:06:21 AM PST
by
Consort
To: Axenolith
This one's Gneiss...this one's Granite
The first one's nice but don't take it for granted.
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posted on
01/27/2004 11:06:21 AM PST
by
XRdsRev
To: XRdsRev
Isn't Slate a metamorphic rock (heat altered shale ?) OK
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posted on
01/27/2004 11:09:28 AM PST
by
demlosers
(<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com">Miserable Failure</a>)
To: demlosers
Slate? Slate with fossils???
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posted on
01/27/2004 11:12:17 AM PST
by
null and void
(It's the JOBS, Dubya)
To: RightWhale
If they find fossil seashells embedded in the sedimentary rock, what would Andy Rooney have to say about NASA's subsequent 10x budget increase? Agreed about this possibility. I was a geology major for a few years, and still sort of fancy myself as a casual authority on rocks. If a scene like this was in the Mojave desert I would expect to fine marine fossils in an outcrop like this. I would head straight over with my hammer and try to separate these slabs along their seems.
Imagine the hullabaloo if they send back a close-up later this month and there are little beasties fossilized in this rock!
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posted on
01/27/2004 11:13:56 AM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
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