Geological diversity and microbiological potential of lakes on Mars

JR Michalski, TA Goudge, SA Crowe, J Cuadros… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Hundreds of ancient lake basins detected on Mars via orbital remote sensing represent rare
oases of hydrosphere–atmosphere–lithosphere interactions with great astrobiological …

Fluvial geomorphology on Earth-like planetary surfaces: A review

VR Baker, CW Hamilton, DM Burr, VC Gulick… - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
Morphological evidence for ancient channelized flows (fluvial and fluvial-like landforms)
exists on the surfaces of all of the inner planets and on some of the satellites of the Solar …

Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars

JP Grotzinger, S Gupta, MC Malin, DM Rubin… - Science, 2015 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Remote observational data suggest that large bodies of standing water
existed on the surface of Mars in its early history. This would have required a much wetter …

Evidence for plunging river plume deposits in the Pahrump Hills member of the Murray formation, Gale crater, Mars

KM Stack, JP Grotzinger, MP Lamb, S Gupta… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent robotic missions to Mars have offered new insights into the extent, diversity and
habitability of the Martian sedimentary rock record. Since the Curiosity rover landed in Gale …

Minimum effective area for high resolution crater counting of martian terrains

NH Warner, S Gupta, F Calef, P Grindrod, N Boll… - Icarus, 2015 - Elsevier
The acquisition of high-resolution imagery for the surface of Mars has enabled map** of
spatially limited (order of< 10 3 km 2) landforms such as alluvial fans, deltas, and lacustrine …

Classification and analysis of candidate impact crater-hosted closed-basin lakes on Mars

TA Goudge, KL Aureli, JW Head, CI Fassett, JF Mustard - Icarus, 2015 - Elsevier
We present a new catalog of 205 candidate closed-basin lakes contained within impact
craters across the surface of Mars. These basins have an inlet valley that incises the crater …

Observations of an aeolian landscape: From surface to orbit in Gale Crater

M Day, G Kocurek - Icarus, 2016 - Elsevier
Landscapes derived solely from aeolian processes are rare on Earth because of the
dominance of subaqueous processes. In contrast, aeolian-derived landscapes should typify …

Small crater modification on Meridiani Planum and implications for erosion rates and climate change on Mars

MP Golombek, NH Warner, V Ganti… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A morphometric and morphologic catalog of~ 100 small craters imaged by the Opportunity
rover over the 33.5 km traverse between Eagle and Endeavour craters on Meridiani Planum …

The identification of sulfide oxidation as a potential metabolism driving primary production on late Noachian Mars

MC Macey, M Fox-Powell, NK Ramkissoon… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The transition of the martian climate from the wet Noachian era to the dry Hesperian (4.1–3.0
Gya) likely resulted in saline surface waters that were rich in sulfur species. Terrestrial …

Paleohydrology of Eberswalde crater, Mars

RP Irwin III, KW Lewis, AD Howard, JA Grant - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
Eberswalde crater, Mars, contains a well-preserved fluvial distributary network in a likely
deltaic setting. The meandering inverted paleochannels and closed drainage basin of this …