Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jan 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999misp.conf...81o&link_type=abstract
Workshop on Mars 2001: Integrated Science in Preparation for Sample Return and Human Exploration, p. 81
Mathematics
Logic
Lakes, Landing Sites, Mars Landing, Mars Missions, Water, Imaging Techniques, Morphology, Mars Global Surveyor
Scientific paper
The most promising sites for landing exploration on Mars are lacustrine deposits because on Earth these environments bear a wealth of life varying form benthic to plantonic organisms. Based on the state-of-the-art geology, several areas are thought to be covered by standing bodies of water and, among them, the ones contained in impact craters are the most recognisable. Craters provide a pre-formed basin with well defined rims and the body of water inside could form more evident morphological features than in lakes with broader and less defined margins. The undoubt identification of lacustrine environments will rise from the availability of mineralogical data and high resolution imaging from the future missions. However, the current data of MGS mission do provide enough compelling evidence strongly suggesting the presence of these bodies of water. Lacustrine deposits are quite good landing sites even in term of safety. Usually the floor is remarkably flat and, apart from coarse-grained basin margins, the sediment of the lake bottom is fine-grained. Moreover, the possible rough topography of the substratum can be buried by the lacustrine sedimentation that tends to smooth rough surfaces and relief.
Marinangeli Lucia
Ori Gian Gabriele
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