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December 2014
January 2015
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Michael Malin
Malin Space Science Systems
In addition, rock cubes and cylinders were deployed at each site to examine effects of chemical weathering. Initial studies indicate that measurable mass loss occurred annually, even at sites with very little mobile mineral debris available, showing that the measurement techniques had the requisite sensitivity. This proposal addresses the return of samples after 31 years, and analysis of the mass loss data in light of complementary environmental and sand kinetic energy flux data. It promises to improve insights into the principal active geomorphic process in the Dry Valleys.