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. 2017 Dec 7;122(12):2510–2543. doi: 10.1002/2017JE005267

Table 1.

Key Grain Size and Compositional Measurements in the Bagnold Dune Campaign as Part of the Systematic Full Suite of Measurements at Namib Dune at the Gobabeb Locationa

Composition and Grain Size‐Related Measurements
DAN active over Namib dune and additional measurements in the vicinity
CheMin X‐ray diffraction of a <150 μm sample
SAM evolved gas analysis of a <150 μm sample
SAM evolved gas analysis of a 150 μm to 1 mm sample
APXS + MAHLI of undisturbed sands
APXS + MAHLI of disturbed, in‐scuff sands
APXS + MAHLI Discard Piles A and E <150 μm
APXS + MAHLI Discard Piles B and F >150 μm
APXS + MAHLI Discard Pile C 150 μm to 1 mm
APXS + MAHLI Discard Pile D >1 mm (nonexistent; see text)
ChemCam Undisturbed Sand
ChemCam Across Ripples, Coarse to Fine
ChemCam Scuff (disturbed sands)
ChemCam Discard Piles A and E <150 μm
ChemCam Discard Piles B and F >150 μm
ChemCam Discard Pile C 150 μm to 1 mm to Discard Pile D, >1 mm, transect
Mastcam Multispectral and ChemCam Passive Scuff (disturbed sands)
Mastcam Multispectral and ChemCam Passive Discard Piles
Mastcam Multispectral and ChemCam Passive Undisturbed sands
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In addition, many opportunistic ChemCam data were acquired in and around the dunes [Cousin et al., 2017]. For further details of rover activities during the Bagnold dune campaign, see Bridges and Ehlmann, [2017].