Sample fields of the Viking landers, physical properties, and aeolian processes

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Dec 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979jgr....84.8365m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 84, Dec. 30, 1979, p. 8365-8377.

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Geology, Mars Surface Samples, Physical Properties, Viking Lander 1, Viking Lander 2, Wind Erosion, Classifications, Piles, Rocks

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Surface sampler activities on Mars during the Viking extended mission are considered, including excavation of deep trenches, construction of conical piles of materials, backhoe touchdown experiments, and acquisition of contiguous pictures of the surface beneath number 2 terminal descent engines using mirrors. Results of the Physical Properties Investigation that are relevant to aeolian processes are also discussed. Both pictures and surface sampler data indicate that the surface materials in the sample fields of the Viking landers may be grouped, in order of increasing strength, into drift material, crusty to cloddy material, blocky material and rocks.

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