Mud volcanoes provide a unique low-temperature window into the Earth s subsurface - including the deep biosphere - and may prove to be significant sources of atmospheric methane. The identification of analogous features on Mars would provide an important new class of sites for geological and astrobiological exploration. We report new work suggesting that features in Acidalia Planitia are most consistent with their being mud volcanoes.
Mud Volcanoes - A New Class of Sites for Geological and Astrobiological Exploration of Mars
40th Lunar Planetary Conference ; 2009 ; Texas, United States
2009-01-01
Conference paper
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English
Rover Design for Polar Astrobiological Exploration
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2005
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