V MartínGrindavik fissure last night, Pico Turquino sol 1332
Grindavik snapshot from AfarTV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qaMYVO6z1g
Pico Turquino crop from @65dBnoise
https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/113504269598331456
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My folks are on an seniors' excursion in Catalunya; they just sent me this photo, I think from La Mussara, and I had to resist the urge to preach abt #IAmNotAGeologistTMBut 🙃
Mid-thread intermission!!!
Disclaimers:
- #IAmNotAGeologistTMBut
- these are preliminary summaries for a conference, peer-review unknown
- the press release headlines when LPSC starts will most likely tell a completely different story (hype? 😉)
- the thread is for my own reference, but it hopefully helps you too
- adding them in no specific order, I have a long backlog to go through yet
Still haven't even gotten to the session I'm most interested in, sediments & stratigraphy 😀
What must be rocks left behind by a subglacial stream in the local park #IAmNotAGeologistTMBut
Meter-scale ripples on Mars change in size according to atmospheric density
Post contributed by Dr. David A. Vaz, Centre for Earth and Space Research, University of Coimbra. Mars lost a part of its atmosphere to space, a process that transformed the planet from a wet plane…
I found this old(ish) paper about #JezeroCrater and the delta really educative and accessible even when #IAmNotAGeologistTMBut
Schon et al. "An overfilled lacustrine system and progradational delta in Jezero crater, Mars: Implications for Noachian climate"
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258688201_An_overfilled_lacustrine_system_and_progradational_delta_in_Jezero_crater_Mars_Implications_for_Noachian_climate
A lot of substance and recognizable features in almost every figure, some examples:
Trying new ways to visualize the #JezeroCrater delta chronology suggested in this preliminary paper
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/2067.pdf
I've animated the classified deposits in their rough form and with the estimated timeline. #PerseveranceRover is currently traversing deposit 'k'.
@65dBnoise @tom30519 reminder of this preview paper
https://mastodon.social/@sharponlooker/110071741890574220
Imho, it's probably a combination of all sorts, but I wouldn't be surprised if we get told that impact debris would mostly have been buried by later events #IAmNotAGeologistTMBut
@65dBnoise bah, I saw thicker veins the other day on the beach 🙃 #IAmNotAGeologistTMBut
