 | Soare, R.J., Horgan, B., Conway, S.J., Souness, C., El-Maarry, M.R. (2015) Volcanic terrain and the possible periglacial formation of “excess ice” at the mid-latitudes of Utopia Planitia, Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 423. 182-192 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.04.033 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | “excess ice” at the mid-latitudes of Utopia Planitia, Mars R.J. Soare a,∗ , B. Horgan b , S.J. Conway...Keywords: Mars: climate, atmosphere, surface a b s t r a c t At the mid-latitudes of Utopia Planitia (UP)...(UP), Mars, a suite of spatially-associated landforms exhibit geomorphological traits that, on Earth, would...mid-latitudes (38–45◦ N; 85–93◦ E) of Utopia Planitia (UP), Mars, an expansive reach of dark-toned terrain...2011, 2012). There is widespread agreement amongst Mars researchers that the scalloped depressions are thermokarst-like |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Application to Martian surface spectra from the Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer Victoria...spectraof large regionsof the Martian surfacefrom the Mars Global SurveyorThermal EmissionSpectrometer(MGS...sing techniques. Currentlyin Martian orbit, the Mars Global SurveyorThermal EmissionSpectrometer(MGS... TES) is acquiringthermal infrared spectraof Mars for the purposeof mappingsurface geology.Becauseth...Phase Standard 2 cm -• Plagioclase Si-K20 glass Si Glass Quartz Opx Pigeonite High-Ca Px Olivine Silicaphases |  | | Report (issue) | | ATLAS OF VOLCANIC LANDFORMS ON MARS Olympus Mons, largest known volcano in the Solar System, is about...merging medium-resolution digital-image model of Mars with low-resolution color observations; image processing...Flagstaff, Ariz. Atlas of Volcanic Landforms on Mars By Carroll Ann Hodges and Henry J. Moore U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Hodges, Caroll Ann. Atlas of volcanic landforms on Mars / by Carroll Ann Hodges and Henry J. Moore, p. cm...Geological Survey professional paper ; 1534) 1. Mars (Planet)—Surface—Atlases. 2. Volcanoes—Atlases. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on Mars: Where to Look and Why Dorothy Z. Oehler1 and Giuseppe Etiope2 Abstract Methane on Mars is...processes that could result in methane seepage on Mars. Such methane could originate from abiotic chemical...significant amounts of methane could have formed on early Mars. Methane seepage to the surface would occur preferentially...exhalations. Our work highlights the types of features on Mars that could be associated with methane release, including...including mud-volcano-like mounds in Acidalia or Utopia; proposed ancient springs in Gusev Crater, Arabia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1029/2001JE001510, 2002 Global mineral distributions on Mars Joshua L. Bandfield NASA Goddard Space Flight Center...27 June 2002. [1] Determining the mineralogy of Mars is an essential part of revealing the conditions...plagioclase, high-Ca pyroxene, sheet silicates/high-Si glass, and hematite are detected and display distributions...concentrations of plagioclase and sheet silicates/high-Si glass and low concentrations of high-Ca pyroxenes are... Potassium feldspar, low-Ca pyroxene, basaltic glass, olivine, sulfate, carbonate, quartz, and amphibole |  | Groemer, Gernot, Soucek, Alexander, Frischauf, Norbert, Stumptner, Willibald, Ragonig, Christoph, Sams, Sebastian, Bartenstein, Thomas, Häuplik-Meusburger, Sandra, Petrova, Polina, Evetts, Simon, Sivenesan, Chan, Bothe, Claudia, Boyd, Andrea, Dinkelaker, Aline, Dissertori, Markus, Fasching, David, Fischer, Monika, Föger, Daniel, Foresta, Luca, Fritsch, Lukas, Fuchs, Harald, Gautsch, Christoph, Gerard, Stephan, Goetzloff, Linda, Gołębiowska, Izabella, Gorur, Paavan, Groemer, Gerhard, Groll, Petra, Haider, Christian, Haider, Olivia, Hauth, Eva, Hauth, Stefan, Hettrich, Sebastian, Jais, Wolfgang, Jones, Natalie, Taj-Eddine, Kamal, Karl, Alexander, Kauerhoff, Tilo, Khan, Muhammad Shadab, Kjeldsen, Andreas, Klauck, Jan, Losiak, Anna, Luger, Markus, Luger, Thomas, Luger, Ulrich, McArthur, Jane, Moser, Linda, Neuner, Julia, Orgel, Csilla, Ori, Gian Gabriele, Paternesi, Roberta, Peschier, Jarno, Pfeil, Isabella, Prock, Silvia, Radinger, Josef, Ramirez, Barbara, Ramo, Wissam, Rampey, Mike, Sams, Arnold, Sams, Elisabeth, Sandu, Oana, Sans, Alejandra, Sansone, Petra, Scheer, Daniela, Schildhammer, Daniel, Scornet, Quentin, Sejkora, Nina, Stadler, Andrea, Stummer, Florian, Taraba, Michael, Tlustos, Reinhard, Toferer, Ernst, Turetschek, Thomas, Winter, Egon, Zanella-Kux, Katja (2014) The MARS2013 Mars Analog Mission. Astrobiology, 14 (5) 360-376 doi:10.1089/ast.2013.1062 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Liebert, Inc. DOI: 10.1089/ast.2013.1062 The MARS2013 Mars Analog Mission Gernot Groemer,1 Alexander Soucek...Abstract We report on the MARS2013 mission, a 4-week Mars analog field test in the northern Sahara. Nineteen...emulating the signal travel time between Earth and Mars. We report on the operational work flows and the...activities and contingency situations. Key Words: Mars—Exploration—Human missions—Analog research—Deployable...uman-robotic partnerships for the exploration of Mars are an integral part of most mission scenarios that |  | | Conference Paper/Abstract | | EVIDENCE OF A MASSIVE THERMONUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS ON MARS IN THE PAST: The Cydonian Hypothesis and Fermi’s...abundant planets and life precursor chemicals. On Mars, the nearest Earthlike planet in the cosmos, the...young part of Mars, and the detected pattern of excess abundance of Uranium and Thorium on Mars surface, relative...relative to Mars meteorites, can be explained as due to two large thermonuclear explosions on Mars in the...artifacts. The xenon isotope mass spectrum of the Mars atmosphere matches that from open air nuclear testing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 30 August 2006; published 13 January 2007. [1] Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer (MGS-TES)...goals of acquiring spectroscopic observations of Mars is to determine surface mineralogy. Understanding...E01003 1 of 18 E01003 ROGERS AND CHRISTENSEN: MARS’ DARK REGION MINERALOGY FROM TES derived (within...using Phobos II Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (ISM) and Mars Express Observatoire pour la Mineralogie...abundances are found in the north polar dunes, Acidalia Planitia, Solis Planum, and a few low-albedo areas |  | | Book | | The Atlas of Mars Mapping Its Geography and Geology Planetary scientist and educator Ken Coles has...Phil Christensen, Principal Investigator of the Mars Odyssey orbiter’s THEMIS science team, to produce...produce this all-purpose reference atlas, The Atlas of Mars. Each of the 30 standard charts includes: a full-page...Atlas is rounded out with extensive material on Mars’ global characteristics, regional geography and...35 years of experience in the geologic mapping of Mars, informing NASA’s exploration missions, and has |  | Salvatore, M.R., Mustard, J.F., Head, J.W., Rogers, A.D., Cooper, R.F. (2014) The dominance of cold and dry alteration processes on recent Mars, as revealed through pan-spectral orbital analyses. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 404. 261-272 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.08.006 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dominance of cold and dry alteration processes on recent Mars, as revealed through pan-spectral orbital analyses...Editor: C. Sotin Keywords: infrared spectroscopy Mars alteration weathering volcanics remote sensing ...trends in VNIR spectral characteristics observed on Mars and potentially complicate the spectral interpretation...predominantly absent from large-scale basaltic regions on Mars. © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction...ST1 (Syrtis, black) and ST2 (N. Acidalia–Utopia, grey) regions of Mars, with the VNIR spectra of the same |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Planetary Sciences is online at earth.annualreviews.org Mars, composition, infrared spectroscopy, igneous processes...understanding of the composition and history of Mars. Globally, Mars has a basaltic upper crust with regionally...in igneous processes. Many materials from ancient Mars bear the mineralogic fingerprints of interaction...personal use only. A record of the evolution of Mars is preserved in the rocks and sediments exposed...measurements by rovers and landers. The composition of Mars is revealed through infrared spectroscopic instruments |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2013 Keywords: Mars, Surface Volcanism Mars, Climate a b s t r a c t Rootless cones on Mars are a valuable...features to infer new information about past water on Mars. We have developed a model for the pressurization...by Elsevier Inc. 1. Introduction The surface of Mars records an extensive history of volcanism and diverse...the flow (Thorarinsson, 1953). Rootless cones on Mars were first reported based on Viking Orbiter images...1058–1067 1059 Fig. 1. (A) Rootless cones identified on Mars. Individual cones are distributed across the western |  | Moroz, L.V., Basilevsky, A.T., Hiroi, T., Rout, S.S., Baither, D., van der Bogert, C.H., Yakovlev, O.I., Fisenko, A.V., Semjonova, L.F., Rusakov, V.S., Khramov, D.A., Zinovieva, N.G., Arnold, G., Pieters, C.M. (2009) Spectral properties of simulated impact glasses produced from martian soil analogue JSC Mars-1. Icarus, 202 (1). 336-353 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.007 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | glasses produced from martian soil analogue JSC Mars-1 L.V. Moroz a,b,∗ , A.T. Basilevsky c , T. Hiroi...2009 Available online 21 February 2009 Keywords: Mars, surface Spectroscopy Impact processes Regoliths...impact glasses on Mars, an analogue of martian bright soil (altered volcanic soil JSC Mars-1) was melted...Reflectance spectra for several size fractions of the JSC Mars-1 sample and the glasses were acquired between 0...0.3 and 25 μm. The glasses produced from the JSC Mars-1 soil show significant spectral variability depending |  | | Report (chapter) | | CONWAY ET AL. Fig. 1. Example images of gullies on Mars with context images. North is up unless indicated...exist on Mars (Harrison et al. 2009). What follows is a generic description of gullies on Mars, placing...location of (h). (d) A 12 km-diameter crater in Acidalia Planitia, CTX image F21_043861_2326 with the black...CONWAY ET AL. Fig. 2. Alcove zones of gullies on Mars. (a) An individual gully located within LDM inside...these gullies from classic gullies elsewhere on Mars (e.g. Auld & Dixon 2016). Linear dune gullies (Fig |  | | Book | | Geology of Mars Evidence from Earth-Based Analogs With the prospect of a manned mission to Mars still a...understanding the origin of geological features observed on Mars. This book presents contributions from leading planetary...understanding of the evolution of the Solar System. Mars is characterized by a wide range of geological phenomena...on Earth and Mars and to provide terrestrial analogs for newly acquired data sets from Mars Global Surveyor...Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Exploration Rovers, and Mars Express. The results of these analog studies provide |  | Salvatore, M.R., Mustard, J.F., Head, J.W., Cooper, R.F., Marchant, D.R., Wyatt, M.B. (2013) Development of alteration rinds by oxidative weathering processes in Beacon Valley, Antarctica, and implications for Mars. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 115. 137-161 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2013.04.002 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Beacon Valley, Antarctica, and implications for Mars M.R. Salvatore a,⇑, J.F. Mustard a, J.W. Head a...feldspar and pyroxene, and vice versa. Interstitial glass is common throughout the sample suite, and quartz...contains several additional phyllosilicate and glass endmembers. The reduction of spectral endmember...(21 vol.%), and synthetic Si- and Krich glass (“SiK-Rich Glass”, 16 vol.%). While mineral proportions...are best modeled as pyroxene (32 vol.%), SiK-Rich Glass (21 vol.%), smectite clays (20 vol.%), and feldspar |  | | Book | | Surface of Mars Our knowledge of Mars has grown enormously over the last decade as a result of the Mars Global...Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Express, and the two Mars Rover missions. This book is a systematic...we have learnt about the geological evolution of Mars as a result of these missions, and builds on the...author’s previous book on this topic. The surface of Mars has many geological features that have recognizable...conditions they formed. It explores how Earth and Mars differ and why the two planets evolved so differently |  | | Book | | new observations from Earth-based telescopes and Mars-based orbiters, landers, and rovers have dramatically...advanced our understanding of the past environments on Mars. These include the first global-scale infrared and...comprehensive book provides an overview of the latest Mars compositional and mineralogic discoveries since...for the Pancam color imaging system on the NASA Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, and is...the NASA Mars Pathfinder, Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR), Mars 2001 Odyssey Orbiter, Mars 2005 Reconnaissance |  | Bowen, Brenda Beitler, Benison, K.C., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Story, S., Mormile, M.R. (2008) Active hematite concretion formation in modern acid saline lake sediments, Lake Brown, Western Australia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 268 (1) 52-63 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.12.023 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | planets and satellites in our Solar System, including Mars, where liquid water is, or was, present (Baker 2001)...role not only on future exploration missions to Mars and the search for extraterrestrial life, but will...Neptune, although the majority form a belt between Mars and Jupiter. About 80 000 have been identified....2005). Closer to home, there is now no doubt that Mars had surface water, and may still preserve frozen...subsurface, as discussed in the next section. Perhaps, Mars was near the outer edge of the Habitable Zone, early |  | | Report (chapter) | | region that includes Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon, Mars and asteroids. The diversity and breadth of landforms...terrestrial planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, as well as Mars’ moons Phobos and Deimos, and Earth’s companion...main asteroid belt, located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, divides our solar system into inner...Moon are next, before we move yet further out, to Mars. This celestial journey terminates at the main asteroid...features and their formational processes on the Moon, Mars, Mercury and Venus. The second part is dedicated |  | | Book (edition) | | light by means of a special lens known as an object glass or objective. The lens bends or ‘refracts’ the rays...by an eyepiece — this latter being a magnifying glass of special design. Initially a telescope produces...suitable angle the ring separation is prominent. Mars is more of a problem, and to see it well a relatively...Sun are the planets. Mercury, Venus, the Earth and Mars form an inner group; then comes a wide gap, in which...that of the Earth 1 Mercury 2 Venus. 3 Earth 4 Mars 5 Jupiter 6 Saturn ~ 7 Uranus 8 Neptune 9 Pluto |  | | Book | | 199 201 201 202 203 203 204 205 206 209 209 12. Mars: The Little Planet that Could 211 WA 213 12.1...3. Evolution of the Atmosphere 12.1.4. Orbit of Mars Surface Features: Northern Hemisphere 12.2.1. Tharsis...Flows 12.2.4. Valles Marineris 12.2.5. Utopia Planitia 12.2.6. Soil of Utopia and Chryse Surface Features:...12.3.3. Isidis Impact Basin 12.3.4. Timescale for Mars Volcanoes of the Southern Hemisphere 12.4.1. Syrtis...Valles Impact Craters Martian Meteorites Water on Mars 12.8.1. Hydrologic Cycle 12.8.2. Phase Diagrams |  | | Report (issue) | | (pbk.) 1. Planets—Geology. 2. Earth—Surface. 3. Mars (Planet)—Geology—Earth analogs. I. Garry, W. Brent...preparation for planetary field geology on the Moon and Mars .... H.H. Schmitt, A.W. Snoke, M.A. Helper, J...To, and H. Utz 9. Habitat dust contamination at a Mars analog............00 000 ccc ccc ccc cc cece eens...debris-flow tracks on Svalbard as planetary analogs for Mars........ 165 D. Reiss, E. Hauber, H. Hiesinger, R...Terrestrial analogs for cold-climate landforms on Mars... 177 E. Hauber, D. Reiss, M. Ulrich, F. Preusker |  | | Book (edition) | | light by means of a special lens known as an object glass or objective. The lens bends or ‘refracts’ the rays...by an eyepiece — this latter being a magnifying glass of special design. Initially a telescope produces...suitable angle the ring separation is prominent. Mars is more of a problem, and to see it well a relatively...Sun are the planets. Mercury, Venus, the Earth and Mars form an inner group; then comes a wide gap, in which...times that of the Earth 1 Mercury 2 Venus 3 Earth 4 Mars 5 Jupiter 6 Saturn 7 Uranus 8 Neptune 9 Pluto |  | | Book | | presented as the normality with which to compare Mars, Venus or the icy moons: the geological evolution...'rocky' solar system Ceres Venus Earth Mercury Mars Figure 1.2 The ‘new’ Solar System: since the re-designation...515 1.000 Sat Moon 1737.1 0.073 3.346 - P Mars 3390.0 0.642 3.934 1.524 Dwarf Ceres 476...bodies orbit the sun, the first between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter (upper panel) and the second outside...temperature; on this scale, Earth has an ESI = 1 and Mars has an ESI = 0.66. Note that most of these objects |
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