Mystery AtlasNorris et al., Sliding Rocks on Racetrack Playa (2014)
The PLOS ONE study by Richard D. Norris, James M. Norris, Ralph D. Lorenz and colleagues that used GPS-tagged rocks, time-lapse cameras, and weather instruments to directly record and confirm the thin-ice-panel mechanism behind Racetrack Playa’s sailing stones in December 2013.
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Norris et al., Sliding Rocks on Racetrack Playa (2014) is based on Robert P. Sharp — Built on Sharp and Carey’s 1968-74 field observations and corral experiment, which had already narrowed the possible mechanisms.
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Norris et al., Sliding Rocks on Racetrack Playa (2014) supports Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa — GPS telemetry, time-lapse imagery, and weather data directly recorded thin wind-driven ice panels moving the rocks in December 2013.