Geology of Mars after the first 40 years of exploration

Rossi, Angelo Pio; Gasselt, S. van

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“…Those that cite the instrument articles include: Overviews or general observations: Malin et al. (2008) and Rossi and van Gasselt (2010). Surface change detection or study: Geissler et al.…”

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“…and Rossi and van Gasselt (2010).• Surface change detection or study: Geissler et al (2016),Lujendra et al (2017), andWellington and Bell (2020).• Polar cap weather and surface features:Brown et al (2016),Calvin et al (2015),Cantor et al (2010), and James and Wolff (2018). • Characterizing weather at landing sites: Grant et al (2018), Holstein-Rathlou et al (2010), Tamppari et al (2008, 2010), and Yao et al (2020).…”

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's Mars Color Imager (MARCI): A New Workflow for Processing Its Image Data

Robbins

2022

Earth and Space Science

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Earth-based monitoring of Mars has a long history, with researchers searching for any changes to its fuzzy, rusty colored disk. Viking Orbiter 1 and 2 presented the first orbital monitoring, orbiting Mars for a few years and providing well resolved observations of changing ice and frost, weather patterns, and other features not visible from Earth-based observatories. A gap in coverage lasted more than 20 years, and NASA returned to Mars in 1997, with the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS). MGS lived up to its name and provided the first in a series of globe-spanning observations from different spacecraft that, to this day, provide better-than-daily coverage of Mars from aerocentric orbits.Aboard MGS was the Mars Orbiter Camera, and its wide-angle camera (MOC-WA; Malin et al., 1991) in high spatial summing modes allowed it to take blue and red images of swaths of Mars with a cadence slightly better than every two hours. Those swaths built a nearly global view, every Mars day, at an approximately consistent time (early afternoon) and consistent pixel scales of ∼6.5 km/pix. Four years after MGS's science mission began, ESA's Mars Express (MEx) arrived, providing images with its engineering VIsual monitoring Camera (VIC; Ormston et al., 2011;Sánchez-Lavega et al., 2018) and science High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC;Jaumann et al., 2007). VIC is a low-resolution RGB (red-green-blue) camera and takes images at apoapsis, and HRSC is a blue, green, far-red, and near-IR (∼1 μm) camera. ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) has the Mars Color Camera (MCC; Arya et al., 2015), an RGB camera similar to VIC which, can take full-disk images at apoapsis,

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's Mars Color Imager (MARCI): A New Workflow for Processing Its Image Data

Robbins

2022

Earth and Space Science

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“…The crustal composition is dominantly basaltic with a moderate thickness in the range of 5-100 km. There is no magnetic field nor plate tectonics on the Red Neighbor [70,71]. On Mars, there is a thin atmosphere containing roughly 95% CO 2 , 3% Nitrogen, 1.6% Argon and, slightly, water and Oxygen.…”

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A Review of the Geomechanics Aspects in Space Exploration

Knez

Zamani

2021

Energies

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From the 2000s onwards, unprecedented space missions have brought about a wealth of novel investigations on the different aspects of space geomechanics. Such aspects are related to the exploratory activities such as drilling, sampling, coring, water extraction, anchoring, etc. So far, a whole range of constitutive research projects on the plate tectonics, morphology, volcanic activities and volatile content of planetary bodies have been implemented. Furthermore, various laboratory experiments on extraterrestrial samples and their artificial terrestrial simulants are continually conducted to obtain the physical and mechanical properties of the corresponding specimens. Today, with the space boom being steered by diverse space agencies, the incorporation of geomechanics into space exploration appreciably appears much needed. The primary objective of this article is to collate and integrate the up-to-date investigations related to the geomechanical applications in space technologies. Emphasis is given to the new and future applications such as planetary drilling and water extraction. The main impetus is to provide a comprehensive reference for geoscience scientists and astronauts to quickly become acquainted with the cutting-edge advancements in the area of space geomechanics. Moreover, this research study also elaborates on the operational constraints in space geomechanics which necessitate further scientific investigations.

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“…are derived from the contribution and mutual competition of endogenous and exogenous processes. Endogenous processes (e.g., tectonism, volcanism, isostatic adjustments, elastic flexures, among others) shape planetary surfaces yielding the development of sharp topographic contrasts and peculiar tectonic landforms [1,2]. On the other hand, impact cratering and erosion, transport, and depositional processes related to climatic conditions (active on planets with atmosphere) tend to smooth and obliterate landforms created by endogenous processes.…”

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Lineament Domain Analysis to Unravel Tectonic Settings on Planetary Surfaces: Insights from the Claritas Fossae (Mars)

Balbi,

Marini

2024

Geosciences

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Linear geo-textures are widely recognized on synthetic scaled images of planetary surfaces and consist of elongated alignments of tonal contrasts. When these linear patterns are clustered in azimuthal sets and organized in domains occurring on specific terranes, they reflect the structural grain of the crust and provide clues on the stress trajectories. In this way, the geostatistical analysis of lineament domains represents a useful tool to highlight the geotectonic settings of planetary surfaces. In this work, we applied a lineament domain analysis to better frame the tectonic evolution of the Claritas Fossae (CF) area on Mars, the origin of which is still debated, and both dip–slip and strike–slip tectonics have been described in the literature. A twofold approach was followed that included the identification of a linear pattern with manual and automatic approaches. The automatic method confirmed and validated the results of the manual detection. The statistical analysis of the identified lineaments showed their clustering in two domains that persisted on different terranes separated by the regionally sized scarp associated with the CF. This scarp is the surface manifestation of the CF crustal fault. The spatial distribution of the two domains and their constant angular relationship of about 30° allowed relating one domain to the main CF fault and the other domain to the extensional deformation associated with the fault kinematics. Our results suggest that the CF frames well within a regional setting characterized by right–lateral kinematics with about 20% transtension. Temporal constraints derive from the ages of the terrains where the two domains develop. On this basis, we propose that a first tectonic event occurred in the Noachian age followed by a reactivation occurring after the emplacement of the Late Hesperian lavas.

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Geology of Mars after the first 40 years of exploration

Cited by 11 publications

References 254 publications

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's Mars Color Imager (MARCI): A New Workflow for Processing Its Image Data

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's Mars Color Imager (MARCI): A New Workflow for Processing Its Image Data

A Review of the Geomechanics Aspects in Space Exploration

Lineament Domain Analysis to Unravel Tectonic Settings on Planetary Surfaces: Insights from the Claritas Fossae (Mars)

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