A new terrestrial analogue site for Mars research: the Qaidam Basin, Tibetan Plateau (NW China)

L Xiao, J Wang, Y Dang, Z Cheng, T Huang, J Zhao… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Remote sensing observations and rover missions have documented the presence of playas,
salts, and wind erosion landforms of lacustrine sediments on Mars. All of these observations …

The western Qaidam Basin as a potential Martian environmental analogue: An overview

A Anglés, Y Li - Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The early Martian environment is interpreted as warmer and wetter, before a significant
change in its global climatic conditions irreversibly led to the current hyperarid …

Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater, Mars

SP Schwenzer, JC Bridges, RC Wiens… - … & Planetary Science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We model the fluids involved in the alteration processes recorded in the Sheepbed Member
mudstones of Yellowknife Bay (YKB), Gale crater, Mars, as revealed by the Mars Science …

Structural influences on groundwater circulation in the Makgadikgadi salt pans of Botswana? Implications for martian playa environments

G Schmidt, E Luzzi, F Franchi, AT Selepeng… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Across the surface of Mars, evidence of past lacustrine and evaporitic environments has
been found within basins and craters, where often layered sedimentary deposits and …

Geochemical controls of groundwaters upwelling in saline environments: Case study the discharge playa of Sidi El Hani (Sahel, Tunisia)

MA Tagorti, E Essefi, J Touir, R Guellala… - Journal of African Earth …, 2013 - Elsevier
Within the discharge playa of Sidi El Hani, the surrounding aquifers converge due to
uprising underground waters. The Principal Component Analysis proves that the fluid …

Models of formation and activity of spring mounds in the Mechertate-Chrita-Sidi El Hani System, Eastern Tunisia: implications for the habitability of Mars

E Essefi, G Komatsu, AG Fairén, MA Chan, C Yaich - Life, 2014 - mdpi.com
Spring mounds on Earth and on Mars could represent optimal niches of life development. If
life ever occurred on Mars, ancient spring deposits would be excellent localities to search for …

Magnetic study of the heated and unheated sedimentary fillings of Sebkha Mhabeul, Southeast Tunisia: a geophysical method for paleoclimatic investigation and …

E Essefi, S Mefteh, M Medhioub… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This paper is meant to investigate the climatic and volcanic signals within the sedimentary
filling of sebkha Mhabeul through a thermomagnetic study of a 37 cm length core. Values of …

Hydrocarbons migration through groundwater convergence toward saline depressions: a case study, Sidi El Hani discharge playa, Tunisian Sahel

E Essefi, MA Tagorti, J Touir… - International Scholarly …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper aims to provide proofs of hydrocarbons migration from petroleum reservoirs
towards the surface of discharge playas. This is a case study of the discharge playa of Sidi …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the transition between water-and wind-dominated landscapes in Deep Springs, California, as an analog for transitioning landscapes on Mars

T Dorn, M Day - Earth Surface Dynamics, 2023 - esurf.copernicus.org
Many planetary surfaces have been shaped by eolian and fluvial processes, and
understanding the resulting landscape is of critical importance to understanding changes in …

Cyclicity of grain size parameters along a Core from the Gleysol of Sebkha Ennoual, southeastern Tunisia

E ESSEFI, N GHARSALLI… - Journal of Basic …, 2015 - geographical.go2journals.com
This paper aims to investigate the climatic cycles within the gleysol of sebkha Ennoual. The
descriptive grain size distribution (mean, mode, median) visualized two and a half low …