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Fluvial processes in Ma'adim Vallis and the potential of Gusev crater as a high priority siteAccording to exobiology site selection criteria for Mars, the search for potential extinct/extant water dependent life should focus on sites were water flowed and ponded. The Ma'adim Vallis/Gusev crater system is of high priority for exobiology research, because it appears to have involved long term flooding, different periods and rates of sedimentation, and probable episodic ponding. The topics covered include the following: evidence of nonuniform fluvial processes and early overflooding of the plateau and ponding.
Document ID
19940030908
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Cabrol, Nathalie (Observatoire de Paris-Meudon France)
Landheim, Ragnild (Arizona State Univ. Tempe, AZ., United States)
Greeley, Ronald (Arizona State Univ. Tempe, AZ., United States)
Farmer, Jack (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: Lunar and Planetary Inst., The Twenty-Fifth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 1: A-G
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
94N35414
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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