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Mud volcanoes as exploration targets on mars
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Allen, Carlton C. Oehler, Dorothy Z. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | Tens of thousands of high-albedo mounds occur across the southern part of the Acidalia impact basin on Mars. These structures have geologic, physical, mineralogic, and morphologic characteristics consistent with an origin from a sedimentary process similar to terrestrial mud volcanism. The potential for mud volcanism in the Northern Plains of Mars has been recognized for some time, with candidate mud volcanoes reported from Utopia, Isidis, northern Borealis, Scandia, and the Chryse-Acidalia region. We have proposed that the profusion of mounds in Acidalia is a consequence of this basin's unique geologic setting as the depocenter for the tune fraction of sediments delivered by the outflow channels from the highlands. |
| File Size | 898344 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20100005634 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8sb92m2v |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2010-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration Mineralogy Photomicrographs Plains Sediments Breccia Mars Exploration Highlands Albedo Volcanology Biomarkers Mars Surface Mud Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
