Terra Meridiani Hematite Deposit Landing Site Rationale

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Jan 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001mers.work...39h&link_type=abstract

First Landing Site Workshop for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers, p. 39

Computer Science

Hematite, Landing Sites, Mineral Deposits, Mars Surface, Mars (Planet), Surface Water, Laser Altimeters, Highlands

Scientific paper

The primary hematite deposit in Terra Meridiani lies in a unique region of Mars that has undergone regional-scale tilting toward the Chryse Trough due to tectonic activity associated with formation of the Tharsis rise. This tilting and perhaps accompanying climate change led to large-scale denudation of the Martian highlands, followed by widespread deposition. Stripping of the deposits has exposed a number of layered systems, including the hematite unit. Landing a rover on the hematite deposit would enable the testing of multiple working hypotheses regarding the deposition of these layered materials. Most of these hypotheses require surface or near-surface water at the time of formation (Late Noachian-Early Hesperian), raising the possibility of finding prebiotic or biotic materials.

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