
Mars Geological Enigmas
From the Late Noachian Epoch to the Present Day
Description
Key Features
- Offers a transchronological view of the geological history of Mars, addressing thematic questions from a broad temporal perspective
- Discusses outstanding questions on Mars from diverging perspectives
- Includes key questions and answers, as well as a look ahead to which puzzles remain to be solved
Readership
Table of Contents
Introduction
Richard J. Soare, Susan J. Conway, Jean-Pierre Williams, Dorothy OehlerPrologue - Why Mars?
James B. GarvinChapter 1. Current enigmas identified by the Curiosity rover at the Gale crater
Abigail A. FraemanNode I
What sourced the enormous flows and volumes that formed the outflow channels and highland-margin contacts of ancient Mars?Chapter 2. The fluvial interpretation of outflow channels on Mars: landforms, processes and paleoenvironmental implications
Colman J. Gallagher, Rickbir BahiaChapter 3. Was there an early Mars ocean?
Timothy J. Parker, Bruce G. BillsChapter 4. Dry megafloods on Mars: formation of the outflow channels by voluminous effusions of low viscosity lava
David LeveringtonNode II
Can impact craters be used to derive reliable surface ages on Mars?Chapter 5. Challenges in crater chronology arising from the Jezero impact crater
Lior Rubinenko, Tyler M. Powell, Jean-Pierre WilliamsChapter 6. The role of secondary craters on Martian crater chronology
Jean-Pierre Williams, Tyler M. PowellNode III
The perplexing story of methane on MarsChapter 7. Methane on Mars: subsurface sourcing and conflicting atmospheric measurements
Dorothy Oehler, Giuseppe EtiopeChapter 8. A review of the meteor shower hypothesis for methane on Mars
Marc FriesNode IV
Does water flow on Martian slopes?Chapter 9. The possible role of water in recent surface-processes on Mars
Susan J. Conway, David StillmanChapter 10. Dry formation of recent Martian slope-features
Colin DundasNode V
Earth analogues for Mars - a plethora of choice!Chapter 11. The McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica: a geological, environmental and ecological analog to the Martian surfac
Mark Salvatore, Joe LevyChapter 12. The Atacama Desert: a window into late Mars surface habitability
Alfonso Davila, Jocelyne DiRuggerio, Kimberly Warren-RhodesChapter 13. Ancient life in diverse habitats from the Pilbara Craton and Mount Bruce Supergroup, western Australia: analogues for early Mars?
Martin J. Van Kranendonk, Raphael Baumgartner, Tomaso Bonognali, Kenichiro Sugitani, Malcolm WalterNode VI
The freeze-thaw cycling of water at/near the Martian surface: present, past and possible?Chapter 14. Pingo-like mounds and possible periglaciation/glaciation at/adjacent to the Moreux impact crater, Mars
Richard J. Soare, Jean-Pierre Williams, Susan J. Conway, M.Ramy El-MaarryChapter 15. Thermokarst-like depressions on Mars: age constraints on ice degradation in Utopia Planitia
Donna ViolaNode VII
Hemispheres together: towards understanding the Mars dichotomyChapter 16. Forging the Mars crustal-dichotomy: the giant impact hypothesis
Robert I. CitronChapter 17. Endogenic origin of the Martian hemispheric dichotomy?
James Roberts
Product details
- No. of pages: 554
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2021
- Published: May 23, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128202456
- eBook ISBN: 9780128202463