Murray formation
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The Murray formation is a sedimentary rock unit on Mars within Gale Crater, studied by the Curiosity rover for its record of ancient lake and habitable environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Murray formation canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9516140 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Murray formation Context triple: [Vera Rubin Ridge, isStratigraphicallyAbove, Murray formation]
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A.
Diablo Formation
The Diablo Formation is a geologic rock unit in California known as a significant petroleum-bearing reservoir within fields such as the Belridge Oil Field.
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B.
Sundance Formation
The Sundance Formation is a Middle to Late Jurassic marine sedimentary rock unit in the western United States, known for its shallow sea deposits that underlie the dinosaur-rich Morrison Formation.
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C.
Carmel Formation
The Carmel Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic unit of the western United States, characterized by marine and marginal-marine sediments that record a transition from desert dune environments to shallow seas.
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D.
Kayenta Formation
The Kayenta Formation is an Early Jurassic sandstone and siltstone rock unit on the Colorado Plateau, renowned for its distinctive red cliffs and important dinosaur fossil trackways.
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E.
Calvert Formation
The Calvert Formation is a geologic formation along the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, renowned for its Miocene-age marine sediments and abundant fossil beds exposed in the Calvert Cliffs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Murray formation Target entity description: The Murray formation is a sedimentary rock unit on Mars within Gale Crater, studied by the Curiosity rover for its record of ancient lake and habitable environments.
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A.
Diablo Formation
The Diablo Formation is a geologic rock unit in California known as a significant petroleum-bearing reservoir within fields such as the Belridge Oil Field.
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B.
Sundance Formation
The Sundance Formation is a Middle to Late Jurassic marine sedimentary rock unit in the western United States, known for its shallow sea deposits that underlie the dinosaur-rich Morrison Formation.
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C.
Carmel Formation
The Carmel Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic unit of the western United States, characterized by marine and marginal-marine sediments that record a transition from desert dune environments to shallow seas.
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D.
Kayenta Formation
The Kayenta Formation is an Early Jurassic sandstone and siltstone rock unit on the Colorado Plateau, renowned for its distinctive red cliffs and important dinosaur fossil trackways.
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E.
Calvert Formation
The Calvert Formation is a geologic formation along the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, renowned for its Miocene-age marine sediments and abundant fossil beds exposed in the Calvert Cliffs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic formation
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sedimentary rock unit ⓘ |
| age | Hesperian ⓘ |
| analyzedFor |
geochemistry
ⓘ
mineralogy ⓘ sedimentology ⓘ |
| composedPrimarilyOf |
fine-grained sandstone
ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ siltstone ⓘ |
| contains |
drill targets
ⓘ
multiple stratigraphic members ⓘ |
| containsEvidenceOf |
concretions
ⓘ
cross-bedding ⓘ diagenetic alteration ⓘ hematite ⓘ laminated bedding ⓘ long-lived liquid water ⓘ low-energy depositional environments ⓘ mudcracks ⓘ nodules ⓘ silica enrichment ⓘ stratified lake deposits ⓘ sulfate minerals ⓘ |
| depositionalEnvironment |
deltaic to lacustrine settings
ⓘ
lake bottom ⓘ |
| exploredSince | 2014 ⓘ |
| hostRockFor | organic-matter detections by Curiosity ⓘ |
| interpretedAs | lacustrine sedimentary sequence ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Gale Crater ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mars ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bruce C. Murray ⓘ |
| observedByInstrument |
APXS
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CheMin ⓘ ChemCam ⓘ DAN ⓘ MAHLI ⓘ Mastcam ⓘ |
| overlies | Bradbury group ⓘ |
| partOf | Mount Sharp ⓘ |
| partOfMission |
Mars Science Laboratory mission
ⓘ
linked to:
Mars Science Laboratory
|
| records |
ancient lake environments
ⓘ
habitable environments ⓘ |
| significance | key record of ancient Martian habitability ⓘ |
| studiedBy | Curiosity rover ⓘ |
| thickness | hundreds of meters ⓘ |
| underlies |
Siccar Point group
ⓘ
Vera Rubin Ridge ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Murray formation Description of subject: The Murray formation is a sedimentary rock unit on Mars within Gale Crater, studied by the Curiosity rover for its record of ancient lake and habitable environments.
Referenced by (3)
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