The search for a topographic signature of life

WE Dietrich, JT Perron - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Landscapes are shaped by the uplift, deformation and breakdown of bedrock and the
erosion, transport and deposition of sediment. Life is important in all of these processes …

Principles of seismic stratigraphy and seismic geomorphology I: Extracting geologic insights from seismic data

HW Posamentier, V Paumard, SC Lang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
With the advent of widely available 3D seismic data, numerous workflows focused on
extracting subsurface stratigraphic information have been developed. We present here tools …

Mars reconnaissance orbiter's high resolution imaging science experiment (HiRISE)

AS McEwen, EM Eliason, JW Bergstrom… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The HiRISE camera features a 0.5 m diameter primary mirror, 12 m effective focal length,
and a focal plane system that can acquire images containing up to 28 Gb (gigabits) of data …

An intense terminal epoch of widespread fluvial activity on early Mars: 2. Increased runoff and paleolake development

RP Irwin III, AD Howard, RA Craddock… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
To explain the much higher denudation rates and valley network development on early Mars
(>∼ 3.6 Gyr ago), most investigators have invoked either steady state warm/wet (Earthlike) …

An intense terminal epoch of widespread fluvial activity on early Mars: 1. Valley network incision and associated deposits

AD Howard, JM Moore… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We present evidence that a final epoch of widespread fluvial erosion and deposition in the
cratered highlands during the latest Noachian or early to mid‐Hesperian was characterized …

Selection of the Mars Science Laboratory landing site

M Golombek, J Grant, D Kipp, A Vasavada, R Kirk… - Space science …, 2012 - Springer
The selection of Gale crater as the Mars Science Laboratory landing site took over five
years, involved broad participation of the science community via five open workshops, and …

An overfilled lacustrine system and progradational delta in Jezero crater, Mars: Implications for Noachian climate

SC Schon, JW Head, CI Fassett - Planetary and Space Science, 2012 - Elsevier
The presence of valley networks and open-basin lakes in the late Noachian is cited as
evidence for overland flow of liquid water and thus a climate on early Mars that might have …

The science process for selecting the landing site for the 2020 Mars rover

JA Grant, MP Golombek, SA Wilson, KA Farley… - Planetary and Space …, 2018 - Elsevier
The process of identifying the landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 rover began in 2013 by
defining threshold mission science criteria related to seeking signs of ancient habitable …

[图书][B] Mars: An introduction to its interior, surface and atmosphere

NG Barlow - 2008 - ce.phys.spbu.ru
Our knowledge of Mars has changed dramatically in the past 40 years due to the wealth of
information provided by Earth-based and orbiting telescopes, and spacecraft investigations …

The sedimentary rock record of Mars: Distribution, origins, and global stratigraphy

JP Grotzinger, RE Milliken - 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The last decade of Mars exploration produced a series of discoveries that provide
compelling evidence for the existence of sedimentary rocks on Mars. Previously, Mars was …