The Bagnold Dunes at Gale Crater – a Key to Reading the Geologic Record of Mount Sharp
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MOUNT SHARP. M.G.A. Lapotre, B.L. Ehlmann, F. Ayoub, S.E. Minson, N.T. Bridges, A.A. Fraeman, R.E. Arvidson, J.L. Eigenbrode, R.C. Ewing, J.R. Johnson. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA. USGS, Menlo Park, CA, USA. John Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, USA. Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA. NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, USA. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
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