Mystery AtlasRobert P. Sharp
Caltech geologist who, with Dwight Carey, tracked and named 30 Racetrack Playa stones from 1968 to 1974 and used a corral experiment to rule out large rafting ice sheets as the mechanism for at least one tracked stone.
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Robert P. Sharp is located in California.
Documents & Sources
Robert P. Sharp served as the basis for Norris et al., Sliding Rocks on Racetrack Playa (2014) — Built on Sharp and Carey’s 1968-74 field observations and corral experiment, which had already narrowed the possible mechanisms.
Science & Technology
Robert P. Sharp investigated Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa — Sharp and Dwight Carey tracked 30 named stones from 1968 to 1974 and used a corral experiment to rule out large rafting ice sheets for at least one stone.