Is Mars Water-rich? Optimal Landing Site Locations for the Geophysical Detection of Subpermafrost Groundwater

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Mar 1996

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Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 233

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Mars, Mars: Groundwater, Mars: Proposed Landing Sites, Mars: Water

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To date, efforts to determine whether Mars is water-rich have been hampered by both the limited nature of the available data and the enormous uncertainties associated with its interpretation. However, with the advent of the Mars Surveyor Program, the potential exists for delivering electromagnetic and seismic sounding instruments to the Martian surface that can answer this question conclusively. Because instrument mass and size constraints are likely to impose serious limits on the range and sensitivity of any geophysical sounding device, a critical factor to the success of such investigations will be the identification of landing sites where the potential depth to groundwater is minimized. Hydrologic, topographic, and latitudinal considerations suggest that the NW interior of the Hellas impact basin (elevation <-5 km), and four other low-lying sites near the equator (elevations <-2 km), are the locations best suited for the geophysical detection of subpermafrost groundwater. The rationale behind these selections is discussed in greater detail below.

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