Multiple subglacial water bodies below the south pole of Mars unveiled by new MARSIS data

SE Lauro, E Pettinelli, G Caprarelli, L Guallini… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The detection of liquid water by the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere
Sounding (MARSIS) at the base of the south polar layered deposits in Ultimi Scopuli has …

Dielectric properties of Jovian satellite ice analogs for subsurface radar exploration: A review

E Pettinelli, B Cosciotti, F Di Paolo… - Reviews of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The first European mission dedicated to the exploration of Jupiter and its icy moons (JUpiter
ICy moons Explorer—JUICE) will be launched in 2022 and will reach its final destination in …

The global search for liquid water on Mars from orbit: Current and future perspectives

R Orosei, C Ding, W Fa, A Giannopoulos, A Hérique… - Life, 2020 - mdpi.com
Due to its significance in astrobiology, assessing the amount and state of liquid water
present on Mars today has become one of the drivers of its exploration. Subglacial water …

A solid interpretation of bright radar reflectors under the Mars south polar ice

IB Smith, DE Lalich, C Rezza… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bright radar reflections observed beneath the south polar layered deposits (SPLD) by the
Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding instrument were …

Explaining bright radar reflections below the south pole of mars without liquid water

DE Lalich, AG Hayes, V Poggiali - Nature Astronomy, 2022 - nature.com
NATURE ASTRONOMY deposit, potentially resulting in stronger subsurface reflections. The
region where bright reflectors were originally mapped 4 is not located below the south polar …

Using MARSIS signal attenuation to assess the presence of South Polar Layered Deposit subglacial brines

SE Lauro, E Pettinelli, G Caprarelli… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Knowledge of the physical and thermal properties of the South Polar Layer
Deposits (SPLD) is key to constrain the source of bright basal reflections at Ultimi Scopuli …

Buried ice and sand caps at the north pole of Mars: Revealing a record of climate change in the cavi unit with SHARAD

S Nerozzi, JW Holt - Geophysical Research Letters, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The cavi unit at the north pole of Mars is a deposit of aeolian sand and water ice underlying
the Late Amazonian north polar layered deposits. Its strata of Middle to Late Amazonian age …

Radar reflectivity as a proxy for the dust content of individual layers in the Martian north polar layered deposits

DE Lalich, JW Holt, IB Smith - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The stratigraphy of the north polar layered deposits (NPLD) of Mars is believed to contain a
climate record of the recent Amazonian period. However, full utilization of this record is …

Compositional constraints on the north polar cap of Mars from gravity and topography

L Ojha, S Nerozzi, K Lewis - Geophysical Research Letters, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The polar ice caps are the largest reservoir of water ice on Mars. The north polar ice cap is
composed of the ice‐rich north polar layered deposit (NPLD) and a lower‐lying, silicate‐rich …

New Martian climate constraints from radar reflectivity within the north polar layered deposits

DE Lalich, JW Holt - Geophysical Research Letters, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The north polar layered deposits (NPLD) of Mars represent a global climate record reaching
back millions of years, potentially recorded in visible layers and radar reflectors. However …