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Mars habitability, biosignature preservation, and mission support
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Allen, Carlton C. Oehler, Dorothy Z. |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Description | Our work has elucidated a new analog for the formation of giant polygons on Mars, involving fluid expulsion in a subaqueous environment. That work is based on three-dimensional (3D) seismic data on Earth that illustrate the mud volcanoes and giant polygons that result from sediment compaction in offshore settings. The description of this process has been published in the journal Icarus, where it will be part of a special volume on Martian analogs. These ideas have been carried further to suggest that giant polygons in the Martian lowlands may be the signature of an ancient ocean and, as such, could mark a region of enhanced habitability. A paper describing this hypothesis has been published in the journal Astrobiology. |
| File Size | 500379 |
| Page Count | 3 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20150003796 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t0ht7n153 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2014-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration Analogs Habitability Planetary Geology Mars Craters Mineralogy Mars Planet Biomarkers Mars Surface Three Dimensional Models Expulsion Polygons Curiosity Rover Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
