The high mining height hydraulicsupportis designed for the specialgeologicconditionofShangwanCoal Mine, such asshallowburieddepth, thinbed rock and thickaeoliansand.
At first glance, it might seem obvious that it was through the action of flowing water (fluvial), but the Curiosity team needs to rule out the possibility that these rocks were deposited by the wind (aeolian) or by some kind of surge, such as the fast-moving clouds of gas and rock that will often plummet down the sides of particular types of volcano (a pyroclastic surge).