Cryoscout : a descent through the Mars polar cap
Recent discoveries on Mars -- from the numerous gullies seen by Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) to the vast expanses of near-surface ice seen by Odyssey -- draw attention to the importance of a modern hydrological cycle and the possibility of extreme climate variations driven by orbital forcing. The surf...
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ftnasajpl:oai:trs.jpl.nasa.gov:2014/38788 2023-05-15T16:40:44+02:00 Cryoscout : a descent through the Mars polar cap Hecht, Michael H. Saunders, R. S. 2006-02-27T20:24:54Z 445882 bytes application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2014/38788 en_US eng Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2003 3rd International Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration, Alberta, Canada, October 13-17, 2003 03-2292 http://hdl.handle.net/2014/38788 Mars polar caps Preprint 2006 ftnasajpl 2021-12-23T13:13:43Z Recent discoveries on Mars -- from the numerous gullies seen by Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) to the vast expanses of near-surface ice seen by Odyssey -- draw attention to the importance of a modern hydrological cycle and the possibility of extreme climate variations driven by orbital forcing. The surface/atmosphere interactions that define this cycle are presumably reflected in the stratigraphy of the polar layered deposits (PLD), comprising a climate archive that possibly spans many millions of years. If a terrestrial ice sheet were so endowed it would be studied by coring, in order to retrieve the most pristine record of past chemical and physical properties, and to evaluate modification induced by time and stresses within the ice. NASA/JPL Report Ice Sheet Polar Science JPL Technical Report Server |
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Recent discoveries on Mars -- from the numerous gullies seen by Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) to the vast expanses of near-surface ice seen by Odyssey -- draw attention to the importance of a modern hydrological cycle and the possibility of extreme climate variations driven by orbital forcing. The surface/atmosphere interactions that define this cycle are presumably reflected in the stratigraphy of the polar layered deposits (PLD), comprising a climate archive that possibly spans many millions of years. If a terrestrial ice sheet were so endowed it would be studied by coring, in order to retrieve the most pristine record of past chemical and physical properties, and to evaluate modification induced by time and stresses within the ice. NASA/JPL |
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