Perseverance rover reveals an ancient delta-lake system and flood deposits at Jezero crater, Mars

N Mangold, S Gupta, O Gasnault, G Dromart… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Observations from orbital spacecraft have shown that Jezero crater on Mars contains a
prominent fan-shaped body of sedimentary rock deposited at its western margin. The …

Fluvial regimes, morphometry, and age of Jezero crater paleolake inlet valleys and their exobiological significance for the 2020 Rover Mission Landing Site

N Mangold, G Dromart, V Ansan, F Salese… - Astrobiology, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Jezero crater has been selected as the landing site for the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover,
because it contains a paleolake with two fan-deltas, inlet and outlet valleys. Using the data …

Architecture of Fluvial and Deltaic Deposits Exposed Along the Eastern Edge of the Western Fan of Jezero Crater, Mars

N Mangold, G Caravaca, S Gupta… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Early observations from the Perseverance rover suggested a deltaic origin for the western
fan of Jezero crater only from images of the Kodiak butte. Here, we use images from the …

Reconstructing river flows remotely on Earth, Titan, and Mars

SPD Birch, G Parker, P Corlies, JM Soderblom… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Alluvial rivers are conveyor belts of fluid and sediment that provide a record of upstream
climate and erosion on Earth, Titan, and Mars. However, many of Earth's rivers remain …

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 …

Mars as a time machine to Precambrian Earth

MGA Lapôtre, JL Bishop, A Ielpi, DR Lowe… - Journal of the …, 2022 - lyellcollection.org
As Mars transitioned from an early Earth-like state to the cold desert planet it is today, it
preserved a near pristine record of surface environments in a world without plate tectonics …

Model for the formation of single‐thread rivers in barren landscapes and implications for pre‐Silurian and Martian fluvial deposits

MGA Lapôtre, A Ielpi, MP Lamb… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Flume experiments and field observations show that bank vegetation promotes the formation
of narrow and deep single‐thread channels by strengthening riverbanks. Consistent with …

Gravity‐Driven Differences in Fluvial Sediment Transport on Mars and Earth

L Braat, MZM Brückner, E Sefton‐Nash… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
There is abundant evidence from fluvial landforms and deposits that Mars had rivers that
actively transported sediment and shaped its surface. Sediment transport equations are …

[HTML][HTML] Equilibrium sediment transport, grade and discharge for suspended-load-dominated flows on Earth, Mars and Titan

L Amy, R Dorrell - Icarus, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent surface observations have emphasised the importance of bedload transport by rivers
and streams on Mars and Titan. Previous “hydraulic” analysis, however, has also shown that …

Late drainage along portions of Samara Valles, West of Jones Crater, Margaritifer Terra, Mars

JA Grant, R Manogaran, SA Wilson - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Relatively pristine valley segments along medial-to-distal Samara Valles in Margaritifer
Terra likely originate within the continuous ejecta west of the Late-Hesperian Jones impact …