The role of meteorite impacts in the origin of life

GR Osinski, CS Cockell, A Pontefract, HM Sapers - Astrobiology, 2020 - liebertpub.com
The conditions, timing, and setting for the origin of life on Earth and whether life exists
elsewhere in our solar system and beyond represent some of the most fundamental …

The pace of fluvial meanders on Mars and implications for the western delta deposits of Jezero crater

MGA Lapôtre, A Ielpi - AGU Advances, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although there is little doubt that rivers once flowed on Mars' surface, how sustained and
frequent their flows were remains enigmatic. Understanding the hydrology of early Mars …

The volume of water required to carve the martian valley networks: Improved constraints using updated methods

EN Rosenberg, AM Palumbo, JP Cassanelli, JW Head… - Icarus, 2019 - Elsevier
The martian valley networks are a key piece of evidence for the presence of liquid water on
early Mars, and understanding their formation conditions can provide valuable insight into …

An arid-semiarid climate during the Noachian-Hesperian transition in the Huygens region, Mars: evidence from morphological studies of valley networks

Y Shi, J Zhao, L Xiao, Y Yang, J Wang - Icarus, 2022 - Elsevier
Fluvial activities play important roles in the geologic evolution of early Mars. As one of the
most ancient fluvial features on Mars, the widely distributed valley networks (VNs) provide …

Glaciovolcanism in the Tharsis volcanic province of Mars: Implications for regional geology and hydrology

JP Cassanelli, JW Head - Planetary and Space Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tharsis region of Mars is a vast volcanic plateau which hosts the immense
Tharsis Montes shield volcanoes. The Tharsis region is suggested by multiple lines of …

Analysis of surface morphology of basaltic grains as environmental indicators for Mars

Z Kapui, A Kereszturi, S Józsa, C Király… - Planetary and Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
Analysing the microtextures of grains from different sediments helps to determine their
transport medium. This method is well developed in the case of quartz grains, because …

火星峡谷网研究的现状, 问题与展望

史语桐, 杨勇, 赵健楠, 黄俊, 肖龙 - 地球科学, 2024 - earth-science.net
广泛分布于火星表面的谷网地貌作为火星地质环境演变的记录者, 对认识火星地质历史时期的
环境变化, 了解火星古气候与宜居性具有重要意义. 随着中国火星探测计划的开展 …

Simulating early Mars hydrology with the MARSSIM landform evolution model: New insights from an integrated system of precipitation, infiltration, and groundwater …

BD Boatwright, JW Head - Planetary and Space Science, 2019 - Elsevier
The MARSSIM landform evolution model has been used successfully over the past three
decades to simulate sediment transport on the surface of Mars. The model relies on an …

Geomorphology of the southwest Sinus Sabaeus region: evidence for an ancient hydrological cycle on Mars

C Robas, A Molina, I López, O Prieto-Ballesteros… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT We have produced a 1: 650,000 scale geomorphological map of the southwest
Sinus Sabaeus, a region of Mars approximately centered at 25.0° S and 6.5° E and located …

Influence of ice degradation on planetary landscapes

M Philippe - 2023 - theses.hal.science
The present thesis aims at getting new understandings on how ground water ice and
periglacial processes influence surface geomorphology on Earth and on Mars. I am hence …