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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Icarus. 2020 Jun 6;350:113897. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113897

Table 5. Differing characteristics of the three heterolithic units in this study.

Blackfoot Brandberg Bimbe
Rover studied on sols 1099–1104 1158–1160 1399–1410
Elevation −4434 to −4432 m −4435 to −4432 m −4417 to −4426 m
Approximate size 1730 m2 1600 m2 16,800 m2
Shape Semi-elliptical Nearly circular Irregular
Arcuate ridge at perimeter No Yes No
Steeply-dipping sediments No Yes No
Contains a several-meter ridge? No No Yes
Superposes Stimson formation? Yes No No
Stimson-like concretions? No Yes Perhaps, in Auchab and Canico
Contains mudstone lithic fragments (possible Murray)? No? Yes Yes
Light gray-white sandstones? Yes No Yes
Contains conglomerates? Yes, small, disaggregated Possibly Yes