Small edifice features in Chryse Planitia, Mars: Assessment of a mud volcano hypothesis
详细信息 查看全文
- 作者：Goro Komatsua ; goro@irsps.unich.it" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Chris H. Okubob ; James J. Wrayc ; Lujendra Ojhac ; Marco Cardinalea ; d ; Alessio Muranaa ; Roberto Oroseie ; Marjorie A. Chanf ; Jens Ormö ; g ; Ronnie Gallagherh
- 关键词：Mars ; surface ; Geological processes ; Volcanism ; Spectroscopy ; Astrobiology
- 刊名：Icarus
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：April 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：268
- 期：Complete
- 页码：56-75
- 全文大小：14650 K
文摘
- class="listitem" id="list_l0005">
- class="label">•
Small edifice features up a few km in diameter widely occur in Chryse Planitia, Mars.
- class="label">•
Their overall diverse morphology is consistent with the mud volcano origin.
- class="label">•
Their detailed characteristics may require conditions unique to martian environment.
- class="label">•
Our CRISM analysis has detected nanophase ferric minerals and hydrated minerals.
- class="label">•
Mud volcanism may have been promoted by rapid sedimentation in Chryse Planitia.